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On July 1, 2025, local time, Ata Bahrami, a former Iranian Air Force officer and an Iranian Ph.D., was interviewed by the Iranian media "Energy Line". Through the translation of Ata Bahrami's words, it can be seen that he really has a high opinion of the Chinese-made J-10 fighter jet. Ata Bahrami said: "I really like and love the J-10 fighter jet (its Iranian designation is Jad C-30; this needs to be studied further, why the Iranian Air Force named the J-10 as Jad C-30). A total of 100 J-10 fighter jets were originally planned to be put into service in the Iranian Air Force."

In 2016, Ata Bahrami, a former Iranian Air Force officer, accompanied the former Iranian Air Force commander (now the Iranian Minister of Defense) to inspect the J-10 fighter jet.

Ata Bahrami, a former Iranian Air Force officer, expressed his love for the J-10 fighter jet.

Through analysis, it was found that he revealed that in 2016, as a captain in the Iranian Air Force, he accompanied General Nasirzadeh, the former Iranian Air Force commander (now the Iranian Minister of Defense, who had previously arrived in China to attend the SCO meeting), on a visit to China. He was very impressed with the Chinese-made J-10CE fighter jet and planned to purchase 100 units to form 8 J-10CE fighter squadrons. However, at that time, the Iranian President Rouhani blocked this purchase. The Rouhani government attempted to buy Rafale fighters from France but failed. Ata Bahrami said: "Purchasing Rafales from France is not good," "Well, obviously France will cost more money," "This may be the mistake of the Iranian military, because the military budget is limited."

In 2024, the Iranian Air Force commander climbed aboard the J-10 fighter jet, in fact, the Iranian Air Force had secretly inspected it back in 2016.

The 12-day war between Iran and Israel caused many Iranian military personnel or former military personnel to be dissatisfied, mainly due to the Iranian authorities placing too much trust in weapons made by the West. When comparing the air battle between Iran and Israel (which had no air combat) with the Pakistan Air Force, which immediately placed orders for the J-10CE fighter jet plus the PL-15E air-to-air missile, they quickly seized air superiority within a few hours. In contrast, the Iranian Air Force only had the F-14A fighter jet, let alone countering the Israeli Air Force's F-35I fighter jet, even taking off safely was difficult.

As a result, the procurement of the J-10 fighter jet was delayed for a full nine years, and the Iranian Air Force could only regret after seeing the success of the Pakistani Air Force.

If Iran had ordered 100 J-10 fighter jets from China in 2016, these 100 J-10 fighter jets would have been delivered to the Iranian Air Force. This means that the Israeli Air Force's F-35I, F-15I, and F-16I fighter jets would have had no chance of flying over Iranian airspace to conduct reckless bombing, even entering uncharted territory. Although Iran's hypersonic missiles and medium-range ballistic missiles can effectively retaliate, if protected by the J-10 fighter jet, their retaliation would be even smoother. At least when launching, there would be no need to worry about being caught by Israeli Air Force fighter jets or surveillance and strike UAVs, resulting in a one-sided attack.

The Israeli Air Force conducted a fierce bombing of the Tehran area, the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

If the Iranian Air Force had bought 100 J-10 fighter jets nine years ago, would the Israeli Air Force dare to launch an aerial bombing? The answer should be no. In fact, the development of the Iranian Air Defense Forces, according to the situation, does not have as big a problem as the Iranian Air Force. Iran has produced mobile, guerrilla-capable Buk air defense systems, a large number of photoelectric air defense missiles, infrared air defense missiles, and air defense cruise missiles, ensuring that the Iranian Air Defense Forces can launch air defense missiles in various situations. As long as the Iranian Air Defense Forces do not self-collapse or resist, they should be able to protect the entire Iranian territory, especially important strategic targets, ensuring that Iranian missile launchers can smoothly launch hundreds or thousands of hypersonic missiles and medium-range ballistic missiles against Israel.

The Pakistan Air Force gained fame with the J-10CE and PL-15 air-to-air missiles.

According to Iran's missile inventory, it completely overwhelms the Israeli Arrow-2/3 anti-missile system, the U.S. Patriot air defense system, and the THAAD anti-missile system. However, the problem is that the Iranian Air Defense Forces collapsed without a fight, scared by Israeli Mossad intelligence agents who launched anti-tank missiles and drones on the ground, making them unable to fight. The Iranian Air Defense Forces did not engage in any combat, while the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' air defense forces managed to achieve minimal results with their limited air defense cruise missiles. The Israeli Air Force directly flew large surveillance and strike UAVs into the skies over Tehran for bombing.

Iranian missile launchers were destroyed by Israeli forces.

In short, if the Iranian military continues to act in such a way of not resisting, undermining each other, and obstructing, even if the Iranian Air Force now purchases J-10, J-16, J-35, Su-35, and Su-57 fighter jets, the Iranian Air Defense Forces will still not resist, and the Iranian Air Force will still be attacked or suffer a costly victory. In contrast, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, even under the circumstances where all senior generals were executed, still chose to fight.

The Israeli Heron-Tech 900 large surveillance and strike UAV was shot down over the Maragheh province in Iran.

For Iran, the J-10 fighting the F-35 requires stealth aircraft and a very strong air-ground system. With early warning aircraft and ground anti-stealth radar sharing data links, and two electronic warfare J-10s, it might be possible to fight the F-35. Over the past 10 years, Iran has repeatedly shot down and captured American drones. This time, its performance was poor, probably due to the problems of the Iranian Air Defense Forces' commanders and the sabotage by Israeli Mossad ground agents.

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