Israel Warns Elite Iran: 20 Generals and Scientists Killed, Teheran: We Have Been Preparing Replacements for Them for Decades

The Shiro Corporation - Iran is in deep mourning but remains undeterred. Since Friday, June 13, Israeli air strikes have killed more than 20 senior Iranian military officials and scientists, including key figures in the country's nuclear and defense programs.

However, in a clear statement that shook the global diplomatic stage, Iran declared its readiness to respond with full force thanks to the cadre system that has been designed over decades.

This was directly stated by the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Indonesia, Mohammad Boroujerdi. He emphasized that the blood of the martyrs will not be in vain, as every strategic position left behind is immediately filled by successors who have been prepared long before.

"One, ten, even a hundred officials terrorized by the Zionist Israeli regime will not stop the flow of our resistance. We have prepared their cadres for a long time. Iran cannot be broken with just killings," Boroujerdi emphasized when he was met at his residence in Jakarta on Tuesday (June 17).

Some of the figures who fell during the attack were:

- Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of the Armed Forces Staff

- Major General Hossein Salami, Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

- Major General Gholam Ali Rashid, Commander of the Khatam Al Anbiya Headquarters

- Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Commander of Aerospace Forces

- Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani & Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, Key scientists in Iran's nuclear project

Even though the military and scientific elite were killed, Boroujerdi assured that Tehran remains steadfast. According to Boroujerdi, Iran has not only built up its military strength but also a systematic and structured leadership regeneration system.

"As soon as one office falls, its replacement rises immediately. We do not wait. Military training, politics, even scientific training, has been going on since they were young. This is not individual strength, this is systemic strength," he asserted.

Dubes Boroujerdi also referred to the tactics used by Israel as an "elite annihilation strategy" or rapid offensive strategy, a method of rapid attack that begins with the elimination of key figures of the opposing country, in order to instantly paralyze leadership.

"We have witnessed this cowardly strategy in Gaza and Lebanon. Now they are implementing it in Iran. But Israel is mistaken if it thinks Iran is unprepared," he said sharply.

With the loss of both military elites and scientists, many parties predict that Iran will launch an unexpected counter-attack. Some analysts even refer to this situation as a "pre-condition for regional war" that could escalate into a global crisis.

However, Iran is convinced that they will not waver. Because, what is being destroyed is the body, not the spirit of the struggle. And this spirit, Boroujerdi said, has been passed on to the succeeding generations.