IRGC commander: ‘We can strike the Americans anywhere’
IRGC commander: ‘We can strike the Americans anywhere’
Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of IRGC Aerospace Force, reviews U.S. bases in the region: “We can strike the Americans anywhere; they are like pieces of meat before our teeth.”
During a show on Channel 1 TV (Iran), the co’s Aerospace Force commander General Amir Ali Hajizadeh reviewed maps of different U.S. airbases in the region, including Al-Udeid in Qatar, Al-Dhafra in the United Arab Emirates, and Kandahar in Afghanistan, saying that they are all within Iranian missile range. He also said that American aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf or the Gulf of Oman are within range, and that the U.S. military presence that used to be a threat to Iran is now an opportunity.
He described Iran’s arsenal of captured UAVs, saying that it consists of Sentinel, Predator, Reaper, Shadow, ScanEagle and Hermes drones, and he added that Iran would support any group or country that wants to confront Israel. The show aired on Nov. 21.
Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh: Take a look here. This is the Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar. This is a large base. Look , all these are airplanes. This is all American equipment. I don’t know if it’s clear, but this is a large base. It’s about 4 km by 6 km. These are the buildings. Where is all of this located? Less than 300 kilometers away from us. This is the Al-Dhafra Air Base, located in the UAE. This is an American base, and I don’t know what is there—fighters, cargo planes, tankers. … This is the base, and this is the equipment kept by the Americans. If you go to other bases, such as Kandahar Airfield, which is 400 kilometers from our borders …
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