(Middle East Monitor-UK) The commander of Iran's Air Force, Brig.-Gen. Farzad Ismaili, was fired in May by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei after he concealed violations of Iranian airspace by Israeli Air Force F-35 stealth fighter jets, Kuwait's Al Jarida reported Saturday. A source said that Iran's air defense system, as well as its Russian S-300 anti-missile system, failed to detect the Israeli planes entering and leaving Iranian airspace, and that Ismaili kept the information secret. It was also reported that Khamenei suspects the Russians gave Israel the secret code to access the S-300 radars in Iran.
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