IRGC Claims Destruction of US Patriot, THAAD Systems, and C-RAM Radar in Jordan
According to the International Desk of Webangah News Agency, the Public Relations of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued Statement No. 45 detailing the destruction of American THAAD, Patriot, and C-RAM radar systems, as well as the ignition of fuel storage tanks and the demolition of a large helicopter equipment warehouse and a maintenance hangar at a US base in Jordan. The statement also addressed the people of Jordan.
The statement conveyed a message to the noble and dignified people of Jordan, stating, “Your Mujahid brothers in the IRGC, in punishing the child-killing US Army and in response to repeated aggressions against the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran, have destroyed a radar system of the American THAAD missile defense system through lightning-fast attacks on American bases.”
Furthermore, the statement confirmed that a Patriot system and a C-RAM radar were targeted and destroyed, and the fuel storage tanks of this American base were set ablaze. A large warehouse for helicopter equipment and a helicopter repair and maintenance hangar were also reportedly set on fire and destroyed.
The IRGC addressed perceptions that Iran’s attacks violate the independence, territorial integrity, and sovereignty of countries. The statement asserted that such a judgment is entirely incorrect, emphasizing that the independence, territorial integrity, and sovereignty of the Jordanian government are fully respected.
The statement questioned the nature of an American base within a country, describing it as a place where, without the border control of the host nation, Americans and whomever they choose can bring in and take out prisoners from other countries. It highlighted that the US Army’s military police enforce discipline there, not the Jordanian army’s police. It also noted that American judges rule on crimes occurring within the base, not Jordanian judges, and that American law prevails. The statement concluded that even the Jordanian Minister of Defense requires permission from American guards to enter the base.
“Therefore, it is America that has violated your territorial integrity and sovereignty, not us. We are attacking territories occupied by the American army, an army that knows nothing but crime,” the statement read.
The IRGC referenced the previous day’s events in Minab, where mourning residents participated in the funeral procession of the remains of their students, discovered under rubble. The statement identified these 168 students as having been martyred on the first day of the war in an attack by the “child-killing American Army.” The IRGC asserted that these crimes continue, with a part of them being carried out using American bases in Jordanian territory, deeming it their legal, religious, and logical right to target the aggressor against their country and the killers of their children from wherever the attack originates.
The statement concluded with thanks for cooperation.
