Iranian general says US, Israel ‘completely failed’ in war

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Brigadier General Hassan Hassanzadeh, of the IRGC’s Tehran Corps, has said that the US and Israel have “completely failed to achieve their goals against” Iran, Al Jazeera reports.

“The people’s power and the all-encompassing readiness of the Basij have transformed Iran into one of the major powers in the region and the world,” he said, quoted by Iran’s Tasnim news agency.

“Today, the leaders of the United States and the Zionist regime have no answers for the public, intellectuals, and the people about their repeated failures,” he added.

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