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Iran’s Khamenei fetes general behind ballistic missile attack
In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei awards Revolutionary Guard aerospace division commander Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh with a medal of honor in a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 6, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has decorated the Revolutionary Guard’s aerospace commander for the Islamic Republic’s missile attacks on Israel, the ayatollah’s website says.
“Ayatollah Khamenei presented the Order of Fath to General Amirali Hajizadeh, commander of the Guards Aerospace Force,” it says. “Fath” is Farsi for “courage.”
The decoration was bestowed because of “the brilliant ‘Honest Promise’ operation,” the website says, referring to Tuesday’s largely unsuccessful ballistic missile on Israel.
Hajizadeh, 62, has headed the Guard’s aerospace unit since its creation in 2009.
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