IRGC commander warns that Iran 'neither surrenders nor gets deceived'

Published June 9, 2026 Updated June 9, 2026 11:36pm

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Aerospace Command chief Seyed Majid Moosavi says that Iran “neither surrenders nor gets deceived”, adding that Tehran does not trust the enemy’s promises and relies on the power of the Iranian nation.

“What the enemy could not achieve on the battlefield, it will not obtain in negotiations either,” he writes on X.

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