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MEMRI TV No. 7958
IRGC Aerospace Force Commander General Amir Ali Hajizadeh: We Are A Superpower Now; Noor Military Satellite Passes Over U.S. And Countries We Cannot Fly Planes Over; We Will Continue To Grow Stronger, Nobody Will Dare Threaten Us
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IRGC Aerospace Force Commander General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said in an April 23, 2020 interview on Channel 2 (Iran) that he would like to thank the start-up companies, the universities, and the people from Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Aerospace Industries Organization for their help in the construction of the first-stage engine of the missile that launched the Noor satellite into orbit on April 22, 2020. Saying that Iran is now a superpower, he said that the Noor satellite’s orbit passes over the U.S. and other countries that Iran can’t fly planes over, and he went on to explain that the first-stage engine used liquid fuel that is also used in surface-to-surface missiles because it was a cheaper option. He elaborated that the first-stage engine had belonged to an old missile that had been in storage, and that in the future, Iran will develop a solid-fuel first-stage engine. Furthermore, he said that since Iran used a portable launch pad, it has no need for a stationary command center. He also promised to advance Iran’s space technologies, to strengthen Iran every day, and to secure Iran such that nobody would dare threaten it. Later in the interview, General Hajizadeh said that the Americans have a false sense of security, that they only threatened to attack Iran and its cultural sites after hearing the Iranian people’s chants of revenge following the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, and that Iran had a plan to strike 400 targets in the event that the U.S. retaliated immediately after the Ayn Al-Asad attack.
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Amir Ali Hajizadeh: "I must thank the start-up companies, the universities, the dear people who have helped us with his project, the dear people of the Defense Ministry, and primarily the people in the Aerospace Industries Organization, for the construction of the first-stage engine (used in launching the Noor satellite). It uses a liquid fuel that we use in surface-to-surface missiles.
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"Today, space is open to all. We can get anywhere. (Noor's) orbit passes over America and many countries over which we cannot fly planes.
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"Why does the first stage use liquid (fuel)? Honestly, we wanted to cut expenses. The behavior of our second and third-stage engines had not been tested outside the atmosphere. We did not have accurate information and we couldn't raise the funds for heavy testing. We didn't want to do several experiments consecutively and encounter problems. The first-stage engine belongs to a very old missile. It was in storage, so we took it and used it for this. We wanted a shortcut and to do what was the cheapest. Now that there are fewer variables and that we have seen results, the first-stage engine will also use solid (fuel), Allah willing. Solid fuel enables the use of a smaller missile.
"As you saw, we launched from a portable launch pad. This means that we do not need a stationary space (command) center. We can do this from anywhere in the country.
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"(America) has a false sense of security. I do not know about Trump's advisors. They were falsely confident that Iran would not respond (to Qasem Soleimani's assassination). They had been certain of this, but a few days after (Soleimani's) martyrdom, when they felt that people were chanting slogans of revenge, they began to worry, and they said: 'If Iran does anything we will target 52 locations!' When they referred to 'cultural sites,' they were talking about the Leader's offices.
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"Thanks to the grace of God we are a super-power today. I say this decisively. America, and even greater powers, will not dare do anything. What they said had been intended for domestic purposes. With determination and strength, we promise to the Iranian nation that we will advance the space technologies. We will grow stronger every day in every field, because this is what the honorable Leader ordered us to do. We are responsible for the military fields and we will advance them. We will grow stronger with determination, and God willing, the country will be secure, so that nobody will dare to threaten us or to even give us a threatening look.
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"We were ready to strike 400 targets. That was our plan. We said (to ourselves) that they would respond within 20-30 minutes (to the Ayn Al-Asad attack) and that if they respond, we would strike 400 targets."
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MEMRI TV No. 7955
IRGC Commander-in-Chief General Hossein Salami: We Will Respond To Any U.S. Action Decisively And Swiftly; We Will Target Any Vessel Of The Terrorist U.S. Military
IRGC Commander-in-Chief General Hossein Salami said in an April 23, 2020 interview on Channel 2 (Iran) that Iran will respond to any American action in a "decisive, effective, and swift" fashion, and that he has instructed Iran's naval units that if any vessel or combat unit from the naval forces of "the terrorist American military" tries to endanger Iran's civilian or military vessels, those American vessels or units should be targeted.
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Hossein Salami: "We will respond to any [American] step with a decisive, effective, and swift step. The Americans have already experienced our measures in the past. The lessons [they have learned] should be enough for them to accept these facts.
"We have also instructed our military units at sea that if any vessel or combat unit from the naval forces of the terrorist American military attempts to put our civilian or military vessels at risk, that vessel should be targeted."
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MEMRI TV No. 7951
Iranian Report: IRGC Launches 'Noor' Multipurpose Military Satellite Into Orbit Using Ghasedak Satellite Carrier
On April 22, 2020, Channel 1 (Iran) aired a report about the IRGC's launch of the "Noor" satellite into orbit using the Ghasedak satellite carrier. The report said that Noor established its orbit at an altitude of 425 kilometers, and the reporter described the satellite as a multipurpose satellite, as the IRGC's first military satellite, and as a symbol and a turning point in the defensive power of the Islamic Republic of Iran. IRGC Aerospace Force Commander General Amir Ali Hajizadeh explained that Noor and the Ghasedak satellite carrier use solid fuels and a propulsion mechanism that have non-metallic composite bodies, and propulsion "nozzles."
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Reporter 1: "Today at sunrise, in the middle of Iran's central desert, the Ghasedak satellite carrier successfully launched the Noor 1 satellite into orbit, at an altitude of 425 kilometers. This was done in three stages and in 510 seconds. This is the first Iranian military satellite to [orbit] at this altitude."
Reporter 2: "These are the new images that we received from Noor. They show the moment of separation [from the carrier] and the beginning of the satellite's various stages. In its first minutes, the Noor satellite that was launched this morning from Iran's central desert sent signals to the Zahedan and Chabahar stations. Within 90 minutes and after a full orbit around the Earth, its signal was again received in northwestern Iran.
"Both the satellite and the satellite carrier were entirely made in Iran. Noor is a multipurpose satellite. It plays a role in [Iran's] defense.
"What you're seeing now is the moment of the launch of the IRGC's first military satellite. In a few minutes, the satellite will enter orbit and it will become a symbol of the defensive power of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Only 510 seconds after the launch, it was confirmed that the satellite entered the desired path of orbit and that the launch was successful."
Group of IRGC Officers: "Allah Akbar! Allah Akbar!"
IRGC Officer: "Send our gratitude to the Leader [Khamenei] for the warm message he has sent us. The satellite's successful entry into orbit is our act of thanks."
Reporter 2: "We can now view the world from space. This is an increase in the IRGC's strategic intelligence [capabilities] and in its powerful defensive capabilities."
General Amir Ali Hajizadeh: "The advantage of this satellite and of this satellite carrier, compared to similar [technologies] thatother countries have is that they use motors and propellants that use solid fuels and that they use propulsion mechanisms that have non-metallic composite bodies. This requires the use of a propulsion nozzle."
Reporter 2: "The Noor satellite established orbit at an altitude of 425 kilometers and it began carrying out its tasks. Some additional details have been shown about this satellite, but the [international] powers know better than anyone that this satellite is a turning point in the defensive capabilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran."
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MEMRI TV No. 7960
Top Cleric At Iran's Southern Khorasan Province, Alireza Ebadi: Humanity Must Fight The 'Two-Legged Viruses' Of Western Liberalism, Which Are Even Worse Than The Coronavirus
Iranian scholar Alireza Ebadi, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's representative in the Southern Khorasan Province, said in a lecture that aired on Khorasan Jonoobi TV (Iran) on April 10, 2020 that the "virus" of Western liberal democracy is even worse than the coronavirus since it has caused the deaths and displacement of millions of people, two world wars, coups in various countries such as Iraq, the spread of cholera in Yemen, and Western intervention in Syria, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, and elsewhere. Ebadi expressed hope that once humanity defeats the "pest" of the coronavirus, it will "make sure the greatest pests of all do not escape." He added: "May God [save] humanity from [the] two-legged viruses."
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Alireza Ebadi: "The whole world has united. Ultimately, it will defeat the menacing coronavirus. Such 'heroes' they are... if you gathered all the viruses together, they would not weigh more than one gram.
"Now they want to fight and defeat it. Inshallah... But are losses, damage, death, and killing unique to the coronavirus, or cholera, or the Plague? Isn't the virus of Western liberal democracy... Examine its records in the past 80 years, and you shall see what they have done to people. [They have engaged] in world wars, intervened in over 50 countries, staged coups... This was the case 40 years ago with Saddam, and it is still the case today. Look at what they are doing in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan. They hatch huge plots in various countries from the Far East to the Horn of Africa. They have killed millions of people under various names and pretexts. They have turned millions of people into refugees, orphans, and widows. They have destroyed millions of homes.
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"Why doesn't humanity coordinate its action against the virus of Western liberal thought?
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"It has been several years now since they planted cholera in Yemen. How come nobody in the world is saying anything serious about this?
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"What they have been doing for 70 years to the Palestinian people! And they still won't let them be.
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"We hope that the human community vanquishes the coronavirus as quickly as possible, but also that it pledges - now that we are fighting pests - to make sure the greatest pests of all do not escape.
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"May God absolve us of our sins and hasten the joyous arrival of the Hidden Imam, thus saving humanity from the evil of the so-called 'apocalyptic viruses' - the two-legged viruses."
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