Trump must be removed instead of US military commanders: Senior Iranian official
A senior Iranian official has sharply criticized recent claims about the country’s air defense capabilities, suggesting that US President Donald Trump should be removed instead of military commanders.
Mohsen Rezaei, a member of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council, made the remarks in a post on X on Saturday, a day after Iran downed a US fighter jet, an F-15E, over its territory.
Rezaei noted that the alleged destruction of Iranian air defense systems was “false,” arguing that recent incidents involving the downing of enemy aircraft demonstrate that such claims were misleading.
In his post, Rezaei wrote that assertions about the elimination of Iran’s air defenses were “as always, a lie.”
He added that rather than dismissing military commanders, it would be better to remove Donald Trump.
Rezaei further emphasized that Iran has been preparing for such confrontations for years, warning that “surprises will continue,” a reference to the country’s ongoing retaliatory strikes.
In a speech on Wednesday, Trump claimed that Iran's air force was "in ruins" and that "their ability to launch missiles and drones is dramatically curtailed."
However, that assertion was quickly unraveled on Friday when Iran downed an F-15E fighter jet over its territory.
Two Black Hawk helicopters involved in the search and rescue for the crew of the F-15E were also struck by incoming fire and an A-10 aircraft was hit in a separate incident and crashed in a neighboring country.
The US and Israel started a fresh round of aerial aggression on Iran on February 28, some eight months after they carried out unprovoked attacks on the country.
Iran began to swiftly retaliate against the strikes by launching barrages of missile and drone attacks on the Israeli-occupied territories as well as on US bases in regional countries
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