‘Unlike anything seen before’: IRGC Aerospace Force warns enemies of new level of retaliation

Any renewed military aggression against Iran would trigger a different and more powerful response “unlike anything they have seen before,” a senior military official has warned.

Ali Naderi, the deputy for public relations of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), made the remarks in a television program on the IRIB’s Channel 3.

“If the enemies once again resort to military action, the Islamic Republic’s method of confrontation will be different from what they have witnessed so far, and they will face a new face and image of Iran’s combat power on the battlefield.”

He said Iran has become much stronger and more prepared in both offensive and defensive domains compared to the past, drawing on lessons learned from the second and third imposed wars against the United States and the Zionist regime.

“Our fingers are on the trigger.”

‘We have found the way to counter enemy threats’

Naderi said Iran has gained valuable experiences from the second and third imposed wars and has found the way to counter enemy threats.

“The method of combat, protection of systems, and safeguarding of personnel and comrades in the Aerospace Force have become completely different compared to the second imposed war, and statistics also confirm this,” he said.

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He said during the third imposed war, the number of military personnel martyred in military centers dropped sharply, and the enemy could not inflict serious damage on operational forces.

Advanced enemy weapons captured

Naderi also said during the third imposed war, part of the enemy’s advanced weapons and munitions fell into Iranian hands.

“With the expertise, knowledge and high capability of domestic forces, the Islamic Republic has reached a stage where it has full control over the entire cycle of indigenous, homegrown weapons production.”

He said Iran, relying on homegrown weapons born of the creativity, intelligence, talent and sacrifice of Iranian youth, has forced a global superpower to retreat. Weapons and equipment captured from the enemy will certainly be used.

‘Others are reverse-engineering Iranian weapons’

Asked about reverse-engineering of advanced enemy weapons, Naderi said Iran has moved beyond that stage.

“Today, certain countries are reverse-engineering Iranian systems and weapons,” he said.

The Iranian official pointed to the Shahed drone and other domestically produced systems that are now sought after by other countries. Iran has reached a position where others are requesting its defense technologies.

Weapons production lines at full capacity

Naderi said the Islamic Republic has produced all its weapons indigenously, and a large portion of these weapons remain untouched.

“Just as the enemies’ assessment of Iran’s missile and drone power was wrong, their evaluation of the weakening of this capability is also wrong.”

“We hope conditions do not arise that force the Islamic Republic to once again prove these wrong calculations to the enemies on the battlefield.”

He said missile and drone production lines are now operating at higher capacity than before. One of the main US and Israeli goals in the second and third imposed wars – disrupting Iran’s missile and drone production lines – was never achieved.

“The Islamic Republic has no restrictions on the quality, type or quantity of its weapons, and has always demonstrated its power on the battlefield, a fact that the enemies have also understood and experienced,” Naderi said.

While Iran does not seek war, based on the teachings of Imam Khomeini and the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, it will stand powerfully against any aggression.

The United States and Israel launched their unprovoked war of aggression against Iran on February 28, assassinating the Leader, and striking nuclear facilities, schools, hospitals and civilian infrastructure.

Iran responded with 100 waves of retaliatory strikes under Operation True Promise 4, launching hundreds of ballistic and hypersonic missiles, as well as drones, against American bases across West Asia and Israeli positions.

A fragile Pakistan‑brokered ceasefire has been in place since early April, but a US naval blockade of Iranian ports remains.

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