'For Helma': Iran drones bear orphan’s name as US pilot hideout decimated

Iranian forces have launched a massive new wave of retaliatory drone and missile strikes, with one drone dedicated to orphaned toddler "Helma", decimating a secret hideout of American fighter pilots and pounding US and Israeli military assets across the region.

The operations are part of Iran's swift and massive retaliation against the unprovoked aerial aggression launched by the US and Israel on February 28, which came some eight months after their previous attacks on the country. 

National and revolutionary slogans were inscribed on the Army's "Arash 2" suicide drones deployed against hostile Zionist and American targets. "For Helma, the daughter of Tabriz, the daughter of Iran," one message read. 

One of the drones also bore the name and photo of "wanted" Leigh R. Tate, the commander of USS Spruance, responsible for killing more than 170 children in an elementary school in Minab on the first day of the aggression. "We will come for each one of you," it read. 

Helma, an 18-month-old girl, is the sole survivor of the 5-member Mirzadeh family, whose father, mother, brother, and sister were martyred in their home by American bombs in Tabriz on March 26.

Strikes on US assets and pilot hideouts

Since dawn Friday, the IRGC Navy has continued the 91st wave of Operation True Promise 4, according to a statement by the force's public relations 

During this phase, military and infrastructure targets belonging to US-Zionist terrorists in the southern countries of the Persian Gulf were heavily attacked with a massive barrage of ballistic missiles, Qadir cruise missiles, and suicide drones. 

In a strike in the North Indian Ocean, the aggressor American Abraham Lincoln strike group was targeted with four Qadr 380 cruise missiles, said the statement.

The second wave of this intelligence and offensive operation delivered a devastating blow to US personnel. Using precision-guided ballistic missiles, the IRGC directly hit a secret gathering place and hideout of American flight engineers and fighter pilots outside an enemy base in the United Arab Emirates. 

According to the IRGC, field reports and extensive ambulance traffic at the site indicate a massive number of dead and wounded American personnel.

In the next phase, Iranian forces launched a heavy assault against a US "MQ1" drone unit stationed at the Ali Al Salem airbase. 

Massive strike on Israeli-occupied territories

Simultaneously, the devastating wave of attacks extended deep into the occupied territories. Troop deployments, military-industrial companies, and support equipment of the Zionist regime in western Tel Aviv and the port of Eilat were targeted and completely destroyed, said the IRGC.

These strikes were carried out using long-range liquid and solid-fuel, as well as super-heavy missile systems.

This phase of Wave 91 was conducted by the IRGC Aerospace Force, alongside Yemeni armed forces, according to the IRGC. 

The sound of massive and consecutive explosions echoing through the center and heart of the occupied lands forced more than five million settlers to flee to underground shelters. 

According to the IRGC, this sheer scale of panic and destruction has "stripped the Zionist intelligence agencies of the ability to censor and distort the realities of the battlefield."

The IRGC noted that the continuous, combined, and comprehensive operations of this wave against Zionist targets and American bases in the region are actively ongoing.

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