Iranian Regime's Former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces: Missile Launch Impossible Without Khamenei's Approval
- Wednesday, 16 November 2016 10:59
NCRI - In an interview with the terrorist Quds Force’s Tasnim news agency, the former Iranian regime’s Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces said that “no missile is launched in the country unless approved by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.”
In parts of his interview published on November 12, Hassan Firouzabadi said that “the launch of ‘Emaad’ missile was approved by his holiness ‘Agha’ (Khamenei, the Iranian regime’s supreme leader)… when a missile reaches its testing phase, it needs the approval of ‘Agha’ (Khamenei) in order to be tested. Missile launch needs Agha’s approval. Even launching missiles during the military exercises need to be approved by the leader of the revolution (Khamenei).”
He said that “missile launch without Khamenei’s approval is impossible. But before that, the technical and policy-making commissions make all the necessary arrangements, checking to see whether the missile has technically been properly built, whether it works and also whether that’s politically a good time to test the missile.”
Firouzabadi added: “these issues are discussed and voted in those commissions and the final decision will be presented to the leader by the General Staff and if ‘Agha’ approves, the launch will be carried out, otherwise, it won’t. Even the timing of the launch is determined by him. Missile launch is by no means easy. Unlike a Kalashnikov bullet which may hit a pigeon or a chimney if it goes wrong, the missile could destroy part of a city if gone wrong.”
