{"id":27410,"date":"2025-07-23T12:28:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=27410"},"modified":"2025-07-23T12:28:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:28:32","slug":"rising-lion-iranian-assessment-iran-was-brought-to-its-knees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/rising-lion-iranian-assessment-iran-was-brought-to-its-knees\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising Lion Iranian Assessment: &#8220;Iran Was Brought to its Knees&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israel caused more than 100 Iranian missiles to explode during their launch and penetrated every Iranian air defense system during last month\u2019s war, claims Saeed Laylaz, an Iranian professor and political-economic commentator, in an interview with the Iranian network Eqtesad. Laylaz described a complete system of military and intelligence failures in Iran.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;I No Longer Trust Anyone&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nIn his interview, Laylaz criticized Iran\u2019s lack of preparedness and its deep security failures. &#8220;I no longer trust any military or security official \u2013 whether from the Revolutionary Guards, the Ministry of Intelligence, or the army \u2013 unless proven otherwise,&#8221; Laylaz said. &#8220;From a security standpoint, it can easily be said that the Islamic Republic of Iran has been brought to its knees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>An American officer told &#8220;Iran International&#8221; that the numbers might be far higher. Publicly released figures are rarely accurate, and the actual damage inflicted by Israel was likely much worse.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27025\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27025\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27025\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/whatsapp_image_2025-06-21_at_190528.jpeg-800x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/whatsapp_image_2025-06-21_at_190528.jpeg-800x1024.webp 800w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/whatsapp_image_2025-06-21_at_190528.jpeg-234x300.webp 234w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/whatsapp_image_2025-06-21_at_190528.jpeg-768x983.webp 768w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/whatsapp_image_2025-06-21_at_190528.jpeg-1200x1536.webp 1200w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/whatsapp_image_2025-06-21_at_190528.jpeg.webp 1250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IAF jets | Photo: IDF Spokesperson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The Number Could Be Significantly Higher&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;When someone says it\u2019s between 120 and 150, that\u2019s huge \u2013 but the real number could be significantly higher,&#8221; says Michael Pregent, a Middle East expert and analyst.<\/p>\n<p>Pregent was also skeptical about Iran\u2019s ability to recover from the blow. &#8220;The systems they use are Russian. Israel already knows how to hack into them and carry out cyberattacks to penetrate, manipulate data, and neutralize defense assets,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Iran tries to renew its air defense systems and restore its previous capabilities, it is essentially reinstalling the same system \u2013 a system Israel can dismantle again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Situation Inside Iran<\/strong><br \/>\nAccording to an Iranian government spokesman, 1,062 Iranians were killed during the war, including 786 soldiers and 276 civilians. In the interview, Laylaz criticized the idea of negotiating with the U.S. and instead urged the government to negotiate with its own citizens.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During the 12 days of war, despite their disappointment with the ruling system, the Iranian people quietly rose to defend the territorial integrity of the country. This means there is still room for reconciliation between the Iranian people and the Islamic Republic,&#8221; Laylaz said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Iranian expert explains the damage Israel caused to Iran\u2019s defense systems and the security failures within Iran. &#8220;I no longer trust anyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":27411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,85,6],"tags":[1539,4422,2397,6755],"class_list":["post-27410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-positive-moment","category-security","tag-iran","tag-israeli-military","tag-middle-east","tag-rising-lion"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rising Lion Iranian Assessment: &quot;Iran Was Brought to its Knees&quot; - 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