Iran warns its fighter planes are “on standby” amid tensions with Israel

Iranian Air Force warned this Wednesday Who have Russian Sukhoi Su-24 fighter planes ready to “attack targets” If the “enemy” makes strategic mistakes in the clear context of possible Israeli retaliation.

“We are ready to attack targets, especially with the Su-24”Iranian Air Force Commander Brigadier General Hamid Vahedi told ‘Iran Nuances’ media.

“If the enemy makes a strategic mistake, it will suffer a blow that it will not be able to respond to,” Wahedi said. In a speech regarding National Army Day, which was celebrated with military parades across the country.

“I recommend that you don’t do anything that’s overly invasive.” By the Iranian armed forces,” he said.

Wahedi thus joins the warnings given to Israel In possible retaliation for Saturday’s missile and drone attack, which was a response to the April 1 bombing of the Iranian Consulate in Damascus.

“(Operation) ‘True Promise’ was a limited operation, not a comprehensive one. “Had this been a large-scale action, they would have seen that the Zionist regime (Israel) would have been left with nothing,” he said. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi this morning.

Since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979, Iran has not had access to purchase new combat aircraft for its air force.Which use older Russian MiGs and American F-5s as well as refurbished Sukhoi Su-24s, which are prone to frequent accidents.

Tehran had announced the purchase of Sukhoi Su-35 fighter aircraft from Russia last year. -Precisely the one that supplies the drones-, but there is no information about the delivery of new units.