Iran ready for new war with Israel, won't stop enrichment program: president
The Trends Journal has said the war in Iran is not over
Masoud Pezeshkian, the Iranian president, said in an interview on Wednesday that Tehran is prepared for another war with Israel and that his country has no interest in ending its uranium enrichment program, which he has said is a source of national pride.
“We are fully prepared for any new Israeli military move, and our armed forces are ready to strike deep inside Israel again,” he told Al Jazeera.
The report said:
Pezeshkian said Iran would continue its uranium enrichment programme despite international opposition, saying the development of its nuclear abilities would be carried out “within the framework of international laws.”
He went on to say that he is not “optimistic” that the ceasefire will hold and said U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim “that our nuclear program is over is just an illusion.”
The Iranian military made quick work of Israel’s Iron Dome and David’s Sling anti-missile systems during last month’s 12-day war that resulted in a tenuous ceasefire after the U.S. joined the war and bombed Iranian nuclear sites.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Israel did manage to knock down most of the Iranian missiles, but, as the war carried on, the Iranians were able to make swift adjustments after spotting holes in the Israeli defense. The Iranians began launching missiles from various parts of Iran and altered the timing of the attacks. Eventually, Tehran started to launch fewer missiles, but had a higher rate of success, the paper said.
The paper, citing the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (Jinsa), said during the first half of the war, just 8 percent of the missiles broke through the defense systems compared to 16 percent during the second half of the war. Jinsa noted that the rate does not include Iranian missiles that were intercepted outside of Israel or were allowed to hit targets in open areas.
Iran’s most successful attack was on 22 June, just two days before the ceasefire was announced, when 10 out of 27 missiles struck their target.
The Israeli government has worked hard to handcuff the news media in the country from reporting on the extensive damage that Iran inflicted during last month’s 12-day war and reportedly stopped a top journalist in the country from filming at one of the locations that were struck with Iranian missiles.
Mohammad Marandi, the Iranian professor, posted on X a purported image of a done launched by Iran striking Israel during the war and wrote: “New footage has begun to emerge, showing both Iranian drones and missiles striking and devastating strategic targets in occupied Palestine. Israel has lost control of the narrative. The damage is far greater than the regime claimed. Next time, Iran promises to strike much harder.”