Gaza war ruins Israel’s delusional future: Fmr. IRGC chief

A former chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said the Israeli regime’s war of genocide against Gaza, which was met with strong and successful response on the part of the region’s resistance groups, “destroyed the regime’s imaginary future.”

News ID: 5838

Date: 22 January 2025 - 10:45

TABNAK, Jan 22: “Gaza war rendered Israel futureless,” Mohsen Rezaei told Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen television network on Tuesday.

The regime had sought to secure a future for itself through the brutal military onslaught, he said.

Tel Aviv, however, failed to achieve either that or any of its other objectives, including enabling release of the regime’s captives, who were being held by Gaza’s resistance groups, the former military commander said.

‘Al-Aqsa Flood struck Israel like tsunami’

Rezaei, who is also a member of the Islamic Republic’s Expediency Council, which serves as an advisory board to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, also hailed Operation al-Aqsa Flood of October 2023 that was followed by the war.

He compared the operation that saw resistance fighters venture deep into the occupied Palestinian territories and ensnare 240 Zionists, to a “tsunami,” which swept through the territories.

Rezaei identified the operation and the resistance’s subsequent response to the Israeli war as a "great triumph," challenging the notion of an “Israeli victory,” and wondering if anyone could claim that the regime had emerged victorious from the entire situation.

He stated that members of the regional Resistance Axis cooperated exceptionally to support the resistance in Gaza after the launch of the war.

In the same context, the official congratulated the Lebanese, Yemeni, and Iraqi resistance groups for their coordinated support for the Gaza-based resistance fighters, saying the overall victory was a cause for celebration for the entire Islamic Ummah (Nation

The resistance’s successful response served to defend the entire Muslim Nation, he added, noting that the Nation was, therefore, indebted to the resistance.

Gaza, he said, endured 15 months of ferocious Israeli aggression, which saw Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu banking on heavy bombardment to supposedly try to “eliminate” the coastal territory’s resistance movements.

‘Gaza War: A US-Israeli design for West Asia’

Rezaei also addressed the United States’ supportive stance towards the Israeli regime, including throughout the genocidal war, which saw Washington notably ramp up its political, military, and intelligence support for the regime.

The war was part of a US-Israeli design to expand the regime’s ambitions to all countries in the West Asia region, he said, noting that the aggression could spill over as far as East Asia, the official noted.

‘American people will not support Trump’

Rezaei also expressed doubts about the American people's continued support for President Donald Trump, arguing that he was distancing himself from “American values” such as liberalism.

He also questioned Trump's ability to achieve success domestically or internationally, saying the US’s illegal and unilateral departure from a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, including Washington, during Trump’s former tenure, served as a reminder of the precedence of Washington’s behavior with him at the helm.

‘Iran deployed only part of its potential in retaliation against Israel’

Elsewhere in his remarks, Rezaei noted that the Islamic Republic had deployed only part of its potential during its retaliatory strikes against the Israeli regime last year that saw it successfully fire hundreds of missile towards the Israeli occupied territories.

Pointing to the country’s taking its time to serve the responses as well as potential retaliation against the regime, Rezaei said Tehran’s “strategic patience and restraint in using its full capabilities against Israel do not signify weakness.“

He attributed this approach to Iran's military prudence and political wisdom.

Rezaei expressed confidence that future generations would recognize the true extent of Iran's power and understand that its patience and calculated military approach were not to be mistaken for weakness.

‘Syrian people will soon join Resistance Front’

Rezaei said he believed that the Syrian people would soon join the Resistance Front, given their rich history of supporting the region’s resistance groups.

He reiterated Iran's support for an independent and sovereign Syria, advocating for creation of an inclusive Syrian government representing all groups within the country, and criticized the US for strengthening its presence in the Arab country, Turkey's presence in the north, and the Israeli regime's occupation in the country’s south.