Brigadier General Behrouz Esbati a high ranking Iranian military guy said Iran got its butt kicked in Syria blames Assad’s government and Russia for it not going so well. Esbati used to be like a big boss over there with the Iranian forces working with the Russians and Syrians. This is kind of a big deal because usually top guys in Iran don’t say they messed up this publicly. This is like a big contrast to what the Iranian president and others have been saying.
Esbati also talked about Iran’s military stuff and how good it is or isn’t when it comes to fighting with Israel and the US. He said Iran is not ready to fight Israel directly but they got missiles that can still hit them. However he admitted that their missiles are not good enough to deal with US air defense at the military bases there. He then said that the Syrian government fell apart because of a lot of corruption and a messed up economy because of Assad.
This is making the Iranian government very uncomfortable because they been trying to make it seem like everything is ok in Syria. Esbati’s words really clash with what the government was saying and shows that there’s some real tension happening about how the Syrian situation is being handled. They even admitted their military aint that strong which makes people wonder what Iran gonna do next in the region you know.