IRGC commander says Strait of Hormuz was key to Iran's deterrence in war

Throughout Iran's Nasr-2 Operation, the US bases in the region were dealt with huge damage, and all of them were completely paralyzed thanks to the powerful Armed Forces of the country, Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi emphasized. The US forces were rendered blind as a result of Iran attacks on enemy's radars, he said, adding that Iran attacked US military infrastructures throughout West Asia region and decreased its operational power to a great extent.

Regarding the casualties suffered by the United States in the war, the US government censored the true scale of troop casualties in the war in a way that over 200 US troops are estimated to have been killed, General Mohebbi underlined. The US officials lie about targeting military targets in Iran, and this is while civilian infrastructures were targeted in the country by the terrorist US government, he added.

Despite stark warnings issued by the Iranian Armed Forces, some Persian Gulf Arab states allowed their territory to be used by the US to launch aggression against Iran, he maintained. Elsewhere in his remarks, General Mohebbi pointed to Ukraine’s involvement in committing a huge crime by targeting an Iranian ship, stressing that the Ukraine regime’s attack on an Iranian commercial ship will not go unanswered.

According to Mehr News, the general's comments underscore the strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz in Iran's defense posture and the ongoing tensions with the United States and its allies.