Joint SOC Center of Army, IRGC Inaugurated in Northwestern Iran

The SOC was inaugurated in a ceremony participated by Lieutenant Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Qader Rahimzadeh on Monday on the occasion of the 42nd anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.

Addressing the ceremony, General Rahimzadeh said that the enemies won’t be able to strike a blow to the Islamic Revolution and the Islamic Republic the same way they have failed in such efforts in the past 4 decades.

“Today, unity and empathy between the Army and the IRGC forces are much more than ever before, and we are witnessing a well-ordered structure in the integrated air defense network to protect the Islamic Iran’s sky,” he added.

The Iranian Army and the IRGC last October staged joint aerial wargames codenamed ‘Modafe’an-e Aseman-e Velayat 99’ (Guardians of Velayat’s Sky-99) on Wednesday.

“In the first phase of the drills, the expansion and deployment of defense systems including missile, radar, and defense systems with an emphasis on the mobility and rapid response of operational forces, as well as the principles of passive defense to deceive the enemy were carried out. In the next stage, a secure and multi-layered connection has been established between the defense systems and the country’s integrated air defense network to make respond to relevant threats,” Spokesman of the Wargames General Abbas Farajpour told reporters at the time. He added that coordination, command, and control of the air defense operations of the Armed Forces to strengthen the coherent and effective air defense against any air threat.