Yesterday, October 27, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian expressed his determination to respond to the recent Israeli attack, which occurred on the night of Saturday, October 26.
In a statement to IRNA, Pezeshkian emphasized:
“We do not seek war, but we will defend the rights of our nation and country. We will give an appropriate response to the aggression of the Zionist regime.”
He also warned that escalation of tensions was inevitable if Israel continued its actions. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also called for a response and said retaliatory measures would be taken “at the appropriate time.”
According to Iranian officials, the Israeli strike killed four Iranian soldiers and one civilian. In turn, Israeli journalist Doron Kadosh reported that this Israeli attack was destructive to Iran’s strategic defense, destroying all long-range anti-aircraft systems. Iran had Russian S-300 systems and their modernized local analogues in service, but they were all eliminated, as were the early warning systems.
Special attention was paid to the attacks on the capital of Iran, which made Tehran vulnerable, as well as the western regions of the country: from here Iran launched ballistic missiles. This operation significantly reduced Iran’s ability to continue such actions.
According to an IDF analysis, it could take Iran between two and three years to restore its strategic missile capabilities. At the same time, it is unlikely that Russia, in conditions of war with Ukraine, will be able to supply Iran with similar systems. The process of developing new locally produced analogues will also take a long time.
According to open source information, Iran has an arsenal of more than 2,000 long-range ballistic missiles. This arsenal was not damaged, but production chains were interrupted, including the equipment and components necessary to create new missiles.
This could force Iran to rethink its military strategies, as resupply will be difficult in the coming months and years. Iranian drone technology, however, has not suffered any damage.
It is known that the operation was carried out with the participation of more than 140 aircraft, half of the crews (pilots and navigators) being reservists.
Kursor also reported that Halevi commented on the IDF attack on Iran.
