Dimona Nuclear Power Plant of Israel, in Bank of Targets of True Promise 3 Operation

TEHRAN (Defapress) - These days, the rhetoric against Iran is heating up, with the U.S. and the Zionist regime threatening Iran's nuclear program. Meanwhile, the Western media machine eagerly amplifies the threats made by the United States and the Zionist regime.

In recent months, the U.S. and the Zionist regime, along with their senior officials—including Donald Trump (former U.S. president), Marco Rubio (Secretary of State), and Steven Witkoff (U.S. Special Envoy for West Asia), as well as some military and political figures of the Zionist regime—have engaged in inflammatory rhetoric against the Islamic Republic of Iran. This demonstrates the enemy’s miscalculation in assessing the capabilities of the Islamic Republic.

The Israeli military, relying on its air force, attempts to show that despite the long distance between the occupied territories and Iran, it can target our country’s sensitive facilities. While such an operation is not feasible on a large scale, they seek to exaggerate this possibility through their media machine—a move that could have severe consequences for the Zionist enemy.

To comprehensively analyze the threats made by senior officials of the Zionist regime, we can examine them along four key axes:

A) The Zionist regime lacks the capability to militarily destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities. Iran’s nuclear facilities are dispersed and not concentrated in a single location, significantly reducing the likelihood of a successful attack.

B) Even if the Zionist regime’s military and the U.S. military were to attempt such an attack, they would face Iran’s robust air defense systems. Systems like the Bavar-373, which performed exceptionally well during previous Zionist regime aggressions, can intercept incoming strikes or drastically reduce their impact.

A major miscalculation by U.S. and Zionist regime officials is their assumption that Iran’s air defense systems are ineffective. This belief is both naive and indicative of their strategic error. The strengthening of Iran’s defense systems and their resilience against Zionist regime attacks have been repeatedly emphasized by senior military commanders, including Brigadier General Shadmani (Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces) and Brigadier General Alireza Sabahi Fard (Commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base).

C) Assuming the Zionist enemy attacks using advanced F-22 and F-35 fighters, how would Iran respond? 

One likely scenario would be an Iranian strike on the Dimona nuclear facility in the southern occupied territories. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force has previously conducted drills simulating missile and drone attacks on Dimona, demonstrating the capability to completely destroy it.

Iran’s ballistic missiles—such as the "Etemad," "Sejjil," and "Kheibar Shekan"—along with hypersonic missiles like the "Fattah-1 and Fattah-2," can effectively carry out this mission. Additionally, drones like the "Shahed-136" and "Gaza" can deliver precise strikes on nuclear facilities.

Iran could also target key military bases of the Zionist regime, including Tel Nof, Palmachim, and Nevatim, as successfully demonstrated in Operation "True Promise 1 & 2." The Iranian armed forces possess the capability to neutralize the Israeli Air Force. Moreover, the Fattah-1 and Fattah-2 missiles could strike critical infrastructure such as the Haifa gas facilities and the port of Ashkelon, dealing severe blows to the Zionist regime.

D) Field and media analyses indicate that the Zionist regime typically does not officially claim responsibility for airstrikes when it carries them out. Historical examples include the strikes on Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor and Syria’s Deir ez-Zor facility. This suggests that "barking dogs seldom bite "—meaning that if Zionist officials insist on attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities, they cannot accurately predict the scale of damage that would be inflicted on their own military and civilian infrastructure in retaliation.

During Operation "True Promise 2," despite massive support from Germany, Britain, France, and NATO countries, the Zionist regime failed to intercept Iran’s powerful "Fattah" ballistic missiles. This exposed the severe weaknesses of the regime’s missile defense systems, including Patriot, THAAD, Arrow, David’s Sling, and Iron Dome.