WANA (Apr 07) – A senior Iranian security official provided critical information to Press TV regarding the failed U.S. operation in Isfahan, revealing that the mission was an unsuccessful attempt to infiltrate a nuclear site rather than a rescue mission for a downed pilot.

 

According to the official, the “zero hour” for the failed operation was determined in a secret White House meeting under the personal supervision of the U.S. President.

 

In the reconnaissance and infiltration phases days prior to the Isfahan raid, the U.S. and likely the Israeli regime lost a significant number of aircraft, including at least one A-10 and two Black Hawk helicopters.

 

Targeting the Isfahan Nuclear Facility

The report clarifies that the operation had no connection to the alleged rescue of a downed fighter pilot. Based on prior reconnaissance, an abandoned airfield near one of Isfahan’s nuclear facilities was selected for the landing of C-130 aircraft. Evidence indicates the special operation was intended to infiltrate and attack the nuclear site.

 

The official noted that American calculations regarding the inability of Iranian air defenses to counter the operation’s aircraft were fundamentally flawed.

While dismissed U.S. generals had reportedly issued serious warnings to the Secretary of War regarding the heavy risks, they were removed from their posts just days before the operation due to their “weak military knowledge” and Trump’s insistence on the mission.

 

The Iranian Trap

Iranian armed forces, including the Army, FARAJA, IRGC, and local volunteer forces, were on full alert. They initially showed no significant reaction to the landing of the first C-130, which carried dozens of special forces commandos. Evidence shows this aircraft partially veered off the dirt runway during landing.

 

Minutes later, a second C-130 carrying essential equipment—including specialized vehicles and several MH-6 Little Bird helicopters—approached the airfield.

 

At this moment, prepared Iranian forces targeted the second aircraft before it could land, forcing it into an emergency landing. Two Black Hawk helicopters also arrived on the scene, leaving the aircraft, helicopters, and disembarked commandos as “perfect targets” for Iranian forces.

 

Hasty Retreat and Abandoned Documents

Once the special forces realized they were trapped, the White House Situation Room shifted the mission from a “nuclear site infiltration” to a “rescue operation” for the dozens of commandos under Iranian fire.

Smaller aircraft were sent to extract the commandos, a process described as so hurried that soldiers and officers abandoned their personal belongings and identification documents to save their lives.

 

Among the evidence left behind are the identification documents of a U.S. officer. Following the evacuation, U.S. fighters created a 5-kilometer fire perimeter to prevent Iranian forces from approaching the abandoned C-130s.

 

Destruction of High-Tech Equipment

The U.S. fighters conducted heavy and high-volume bombardment of their own equipment to prevent it from falling into Iranian hands. The failed U.S. special forces did not even find the opportunity to fly the Little Bird helicopters; some were destroyed on the ground and others inside the second C-130.

 

The official concluded that following this “heavy and scandalous defeat,” Trump hastily held multiple press conferences to cover up the failure and rebrand it as a pilot rescue operation.