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Topic: Amir Ali Hajizadeh

February 7, 2013
2:27 pm

Chief of the aerospace division of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Amir Ali Hajizadeh (left), near the captured US RQ-170 Sentinel drone in April 2012. (photo credit: AP/Sepahnews)

Iran airs footage it claims came from seized CIA drone

Video from UAV shows an aerial view of an airport and a city, said to be a US base and Kandahar, Afghanistan

January 7, 2013
9:58 pm

A surface-to-surface missile is launched during the Iranian Revolutionary Guards maneuver in an undisclosed location in Iran, Tuesday, July 3, 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/ISNA, Alireza Sot Akbar)

Iran defense official says 2,000 ‘enemy bases’ are in range

General boasts of armed forces’ progress

By Stuart Winer

December 11, 2012
11:43 am

Israel is the farthest our missiles need to reach, Iran’s air force commander says

Statement follows report casting doubt on Tehran’s intercontinental missile capabilities

By Ron Friedman

December 10, 2012
4:17 pm

A US drone that fell into Iranian hands (photo credit: courtesy)

Iran claims it decoded all data from captured CIA drone

Revolutionary Guard suggests encrpyted information was recovered from an RQ-170 Sentinel that went down near Afghanistan border

October 17, 2012
6:37 pm

Iran developing long-range drones, aerospace director says

New generation of UAVs will have a 2000-kilometer range, Tehran claims — more than enough to reach Israel

By Ilan Ben Zion

October 16, 2012
6:56 pm

Israeli Army vehicles and helicopters are seen in an open area as they search for the remains of a drone in the Negev southern Israel on October 6, 2012. (photo credit: AP)

Iran claims ‘dozens’ of its drones have spied on Israel

Israel rejects accuracy of statement made by anonymous Iranian official

September 25, 2012
12:38 am

Tehran says new drone can reach most Mideast destinations

Unmanned airplane design copied from downed American RQ-170 Sentinel, says Iranian general

September 24, 2012
12:04 pm

Syrian opposition members shake hands in a rare meeting in Damascus, September 23 (photo credit: AP/Bassem Tellawi)

Khaled Mashaal to step down, daily reports

Obama pressures Iraqi president to give way to a Shiite ally, and a unique opposition meeting takes place inside Damascus

By Elhanan Miller

September 22, 2012
2:11 pm

Commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, attends a press conference in Tehran earlier this month (photo credit: AP/Vahid Salemi)

War with ‘cancerous tumor Israel’ will eventually happen, says Iranian general

Commander of Revolutionary Guard Mohammad Ali Jafari claims Iran will ‘destroy the Jewish state’

By Yoel Goldman

September 22, 2012
11:44 am

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (photo credit: @khamenei_ir, Instagram)

Khamenei reportedly orders his Revolutionary Guards to stop global attacks, focus on region

Force allegedly involved in terrorism worldwide. Iran’s leader said to be worried about sanctions and a potential Israeli strike

By Yoel Goldman

September 21, 2012
8:23 pm

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at Friday's major military parade in Tehran (photo credit: Channel 2 screenshot)

Israel will ‘cease to exist’ if it attacks, Iranian air force chief says

At massive Tehran military rally, with thousands of troops and an array of missiles on display, Ahmadinejad calls anti-Islam movie a plot conceived by Zionists

By Yoel Goldman and AP

August 18, 2012
5:58 pm

An F-16 fighter jet (photo credit: Ofer Zidon/Flash90)

Revolutionary Guard air force chief ‘welcomes’ Israeli strike, promises ‘swift, decisive’ response

Attack on its nuclear facilities would give Iran reason to ‘get rid of’ Israel ‘forever,’ says Gen. Hajizadeh; ex-Israeli air force chief says Israel should have attacked years ago

By Michal Shmulovich and Yifa Yaakov

July 4, 2012
4:51 pm

Members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard celebrate after launching a missile, July 2012 (photo credit: AP/IRNA, Mostafa Qotbi)

All 35 nearby US bases are in reach of our missiles, Iran declares

‘If we are attacked, the response will be immediate,’ commander says, as Iranian drill tests new anti-ship weapon

By Asher Zeiger and AP

July 3, 2012
1:21 pm

Iran fires dozens of missiles at mock US base in military drill

Ongoing exercise underlines Iran’s ‘offensive intentions,’ says ex-Shin Bet chief — and hence the imperative to halt its nuclear weapons drive

By Ron Friedman and Ilan Ben Zion and AP

July 3, 2012
8:56 am

A missile displayed during a military parade outside Tehran. Iran has continued to buy weaponry despite sanctions. (photo credit: AP/Vahid Salemi)

Iran reports success firing dozens of missiles at ‘enemy bases’ in military drill

Weapons destroy mock targets of ‘ultra-regional forces,’ official news agency claims