{"id":327499,"date":"2025-01-09T09:51:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T08:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=327499"},"modified":"2025-01-09T11:38:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T10:38:30","slug":"iran-news-irgc-commander-admits-defeat-in-syria-blames-russia-and-assad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-irgc-commander-admits-defeat-in-syria-blames-russia-and-assad\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News: IRGC Commander Admits Defeat in Syria, Blames Russia and Assad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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IRGC commander Behrouz Esbati conducting a speech<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a rare admission, Brigadier General Behrouz Esbati, a senior commander of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), acknowledged significant setbacks suffered by the clerical regime of Iran in the Syrian conflict. His remarks, delivered in an hour-long audio<\/a> recording published by Iranian state-controlled media, offer a stark departure from Tehran\u2019s usual narrative of strength and control. \u201cWe were struck in Syria,\u201d Esbati stated unequivocally, warning, \u201cNow is not the time to escalate military tensions in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

Behrouz Esbati, head of the Cyber Space Operations Base of the Armed Forces General Staff and one of the regime’s commanders in Syria, who claimed to have been present on the ground during the final days of Bashar al-Assad\u2019s regime, painted a grim picture of the situation in Syria. He detailed<\/a> systemic issues that plagued Assad\u2019s military forces, including widespread corruption, unpaid salaries, and a collapse in morale. \u201cElectricity shortages and poverty-driven corruption had consumed the entire Syrian military. Most of the soldiers in Aleppo fled even before the opposition forces arrived,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Role and Assad\u2019s Resistance<\/h3>\n

The commander sharply criticized Russia\u2019s involvement in the conflict, accusing Moscow of undermining Iranian efforts by disabling radar systems and allowing Israeli strikes on Iranian bases. \u201cWhenever they were about to hit our major headquarters, like when they struck our martyr Sadeq intelligence center, [the Russians] disabled the radar systems so Israel could carry out the attacks,\u201d he claimed. Esbati also alleged that Russia\u2019s actions were instrumental in the eventual collapse of the Assad regime, accusing Moscow of \u201cacting entirely in the interest of the Zionist regime after the October 7 Hamas offensive.\u201d<\/p>\n

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#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Strategic Collapse Evident in Syria\u2019s Fall,\u201d Reports #Russian<\/a> Mediahttps:\/\/t.co\/Y783NOcd1X<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) January 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n