TEHRAN PAPERS

America's Patriot missiles were defeated by Iran's ballistic missiles

May 6, 2024 - 22:22

TEHRAN - In an article, Kayhan pointed out the failure of American Patriot systems to intercept Iranian missiles and said: After the Iranian attack, the media of the Zionist regime said that the defense of American Patriots could not handle the ballistic missiles fired by Iran.

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards fired a series of old drones and missiles with the aim of creating great panic and also involving Israel's air defense response. Then, it fired about 12 modern ballistic missiles, most of which hit their targets. The targeted military sites were considered the most protected places on earth against ballistic missile attacks. After this attack, unknown American and Israeli officials admitted that the claim of 99% interception was fake. Despite much propaganda about the effectiveness of Israeli and American air defense systems, if a large number of missiles were fired at a target, no defense system on the planet could fully combat a large and concentrated attack.

Hamshahri: Erbil has no way but to improve relations with Tehran

In an interview with Mohammad Parsa Najafi, an expert on West Asia issues, Hamshahri discussed the strategic mistake of the Kurdistan Region vis-à-vis Iran. It wrote: The anti-security movements of terrorist groups and the security services of the Zionist regime in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq have caused ups and downs in Tehran-Erbil relations in recent months. The tensions are expected to diminish with Nechirvan Barzani's visit to Tehran and lead to a new round of bilateral relations. The recent developments made governments and places such as the Kurdistan Region of Iraq conclude that the Islamic Republic of Iran is the superior power in the region and taking a step in the path of creating tension with Tehran will result in much damage for them. Such behaviors should be corrected by the authorities of the Kurdistan region of Iraq. In the current situation, it may be considered probable that the regional authorities have understood that the Americans are no longer able to manage the developments in West Asia, a factor that has led the Region of Kurdistan to establish friendly relations with Iran instead of continuing hostile actions.

Iran: Israel did not dare to show the damages of Iran's retaliation

In an analysis, the Iran newspaper dealt with the importance of the "True Promise" operation and wrote: The Al-Aqsa storm operation, which was carried out by Hamas, and the "True Promise" operation, which was Iran's direct military action against the regime, clearly showed that Israel is extremely vulnerable. In fact, nothing goes back before these two operations. But the most important prominence of the True Promise operation was the emergence of the will and decision of Iran's Leader, which surprised all the enemies. Israel, which thought it was an impenetrable military fortress, was attacked and penetrated by missiles and drones. It must be said that the will and decision of the nation of Iran, which was manifested in the Leader of the Revolution, has strategic importance. The operation of the True Promise overcame the self-made and illusory deterrence of the Zionist regime because Israel thought that its deterrence was guaranteed by reliance on the powers of America and NATO. The Zionist regime did not dare to show the world the pictures of its two military bases after Iran's direct action. If the Americans, British, French, and CENTCOM did not help the Zionist regime, 80% of Iran's missiles would have crushed the military bases of the Zionist regime.

Shargh: The failure of a dramatic hegemony

In a note, Shargh addressed the disruption of the "Middle East Air Defense Alliance" by Iran. It wrote: The Israeli regime and the Western media have tried to interpret Iran's legitimate response to Israel as a failure but what is clear is the change of regional equations and the destroyed deterrence of the Israeli regime, and the destruction of the entire political and military hegemony of the West and some regional traitors. Israel wanted to establish military-security cooperation with many countries with which it does not have political relations with the "Middle East Air Defense Alliance" initiative but now after Iran's missile and drone operations against Israel, it has been stated that all the equations of the actors who played a role in creating double layers of defense and helping Israel to intercept Iranian missiles and drones have been disrupted. With this successful operation, the Islamic Republic of Iran showed that it could break this seemingly great alliance, disturb their equations, and cause the fake hegemony of countries with nuclear power to break. This shows that Iran is the main player in the region in this new world order.