News- Middle East: The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it carried out a series of powerful, sustained and multi-layered operations under 'True Promise III' targeting an extensive range of Israeli military sites across the occupied territories.

In a statement on Thursday, IRGC said the crushing response ultimately compelled “criminal” Israel and the “already-defeated” United States to “cry out for a ceasefire.”

In response to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s call and with the support of the Iranian people, Iran launched the retaliatory operation, comprising 22 waves of ballistic missile strikes, targeting Zionist military assets in the occupied territories.

The multi-layered operation aimed to punish aggression and assert Iran’s strength, the statement noted, stressing that the crushing strikes led to key strategic gains, including weakening the enemy’s defenses, boosting domestic unity and military morale, as well as gaining regional support.

“These operations targeted the enemy’s diverse and extensive military assets in the occupied territories of al-Quds, once again proving that the brave soldiers of the homeland will never leave any aggression unanswered,” the IRGC emphasized.

In the early hours of June 13, the Israeli regime launched a full-scale aggression on Iranian soil by targeting various military and nuclear sites, claiming the lives of dozens of top military commanders and nuclear scientists as well as ordinary civilians.

Led by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Iran’s armed forces launched a massive and unprecedented retaliation, firing hundreds of ballistic missiles and drones - in 22 waves - that overpowered Israeli air defenses and hit vital military, intelligence, industrial, energy, and research facilities throughout the occupied Palestinian territories.

In an attempt to aid the occupying entity, the US directly entered the war by heavily bombing Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear facilities.

In retaliation, Iran launched a wave of ballistic missiles - in an operation dubbed Operation Tidings of Victory - at al-Udeid air base in Qatar, the largest US military base in West Asia.

“Even the arrival of the criminal and already-defeated US military to the battlefield to rescue the helpless soldiers of the Zionist army could not change the equation of the battlefield or challenge Iran’s upper hand. Iran’s retaliatory missile strike on the US Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar under Operation Tidings of Victory once again conveyed Iran’s message of strength,” the IRGC statement noted.

It further said that Iran’s crushing response shattered the enemy’s multi-layered and costly defense myth, intensified the survival crisis of the Zionist regime in the occupied territories, disproved the myth of the Zionist army’s invincibility, and inspired oppressed nations across the world to continue their resistance against global oppressors.

The 12-day war ended on Tuesday morning after the Israeli regime declared a unilateral ceasefire in a deal brokered by Washington. Iran also accepted the deal.

“It is worth noting that the initiator of the imposed war was the Zionist terrorist army, but its conclusion was written by the brave and proud sons of the nation in the Armed Forces—especially the IRGC Aerospace Force—in the 22nd wave of the Operation True Promise III," the statement added.

"Their final blow was so devastating that ‘crying out for ceasefire’ emerged from the throat of the bloodthirsty Zionist regime and the delusional president of the United States."

Earlier in the day, the Leader congratulated the Iranian nation on its glorious victory against aggressors.

Source: Press TV