By Staff, Agencies

The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard’s Al-Quds Force Ismail Qa’ani warned the UK, Germany, and France after the trio deployed their warplanes to defend the “Israeli” entity against a retaliatory operation staged by Iran last month.

“All criminals should know [this] that their measures and crimes have been chalked up to their accounts,” Qa’ani said.

He further added “France, Germany, and the UK should not think that they deployed the planes that night and that the issue was over. Yes, that night was over, but they will be held accountable in due course.”

The commander was addressing a ceremony held to mark 40 days since the martyrdom of the IRG’s General Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi.

According to Qa’ani, the United States and the entire Western military alliance of NATO contributed all of their military capabilities towards defending the occupying entity against the Iranian operation.

“[Up to] seven to eight naval groups were deployed to the Black Sea to prevent the [Iranian] operation,” he said, adding that more than 200 aircraft were also scrambled across the region’s skies during the night of the operation.

A senior Iranian military commander has revealed new aspects of the Islamic Republic’s retaliatory strikes on the “Israeli”-occupied territories last month, saying 240 fighter jets belonging to the US-led military alliance of NATO rushed to protect the Zionist entity.

The commander described the aerial expanse, where the operation was conducted, as “the most condensed spot in the world as far as [the issue of] air defense is concerned,” billing the operation as “unprecedented and historically unachievable.”

Qa’ani reminded that the Islamic Republic had previously informed various concerned parties about the pending operation.

“True Promise was an overt operation… The time of the operation was [already] clear as daylight to the Zionist regime and the United States,” he said, noting that the Islamic Republic “displayed its strength, steadfastness, and power to the whole world” during the operation.

“The [Operation] True Promise’s victory is not [simply] limited to the number of missiles and drones that reached the occupied territories,” the commander stated. “There are so many secrets within this operation that would take one a long time to analyze,” he added.

Qa’ani hailed the role that was played by Leader of the Islamic Revolution His Eminence Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei in the operation.

“Who in the world dares to take such a decision?” he asked, reminding that even the United States – “Israel's” biggest ally -- had announced following the “Israeli” terrorist attack that it would not enter the fray.

The commander, meanwhile, advised regional and extra-regional countries to learn from the US’s inability to protect the “Israeli” entity during the Iranian operation, calling on them not to take much comfort in relying on Washington.