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A top Iranian general said Russia was actually bombing the empty desert while saying it was attacking Syrian rebels
Business Insider via MSN ^ | 9 January 2025 | Matthew Loh

Posted on 01/09/2025 8:48:51 AM PST by Apparatchik

A top Iranian general has accused Russia of lying to Tehran by saying its jets were attacking Syrian rebels while they were instead bombing the open desert.

In a rare break from Iran's diplomatic line on Syria, Brig. Gen. Behrouz Esbati partially blamed Moscow for the fall of Bashar Assad's government during a speech at a mosque in Tehran.

An audio recording of the speech was published on Tuesday by Abdullah Abdi, a journalist in Geneva who reports on Iran.

"We were defeated, and defeated very badly. We took a very big blow, and it's been very difficult," Esbati said of Assad's fall, according to a translation by The New York Times.

In the recording, Esbati, a senior commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, said Russia told Tehran it was bombing the headquarters of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the rebel group spearheading Assad's ousting.

But Moscow's forces were instead "targeting deserts," Esbati said.

Esbati further accused Russia of turning off radars when Israel launched strikes on Syria in 2024, allowing Tel Aviv's forces to attack more effectively.

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Let the fingerpointing among these scumbags begin. Putin’s axis of evil is starting to come unglued.
1 posted on 01/09/2025 8:48:51 AM PST by Apparatchik
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To: Apparatchik

What axis of evil? Are you talking about clowns in Dept of States who worked over time to bring Al-Qaeda in power in Syria? The guys currently finishing off the last Middle Eastern Christian who managed to live through the Romans and Arab conquest?


2 posted on 01/09/2025 9:12:15 AM PST by NorseViking
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To: Apparatchik

“A top Iranian general has accused Russia of lying to Tehran by saying its jets were attacking Syrian rebels”

Erodgan-Putin side agreement.


3 posted on 01/09/2025 9:17:29 AM PST by Wuli
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4 posted on 01/09/2025 10:00:08 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ LIFE )
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To: Apparatchik
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5 posted on 01/09/2025 10:23:28 AM PST by bimboeruption ((“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023) )
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To: Apparatchik

Maybe the Russian targeting systems work as well as their tanks.


6 posted on 01/09/2025 11:19:51 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: NorseViking

What axis of evil?


So speaks the former Soviet officer with 21 years of service to the USSR.


7 posted on 01/09/2025 12:39:48 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF

You are confusing me to someone else and what my personality has to do with the consistent support Washington renders to known terrorists?


8 posted on 01/09/2025 10:45:07 PM PST by NorseViking
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To: NorseViking

You are confusing me to someone else

no


9 posted on 01/10/2025 4:32:04 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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