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Iran's army chief sells a victory narrative while the hardware under it frays
Major General Hatami's televised tour of past glories lands in a moment when Iran's conventional air force is visibly smaller and more exposed than it was a year ago. The speech is the story.
Desk note: Mehr's wire pushes are the primary feed on this story; Monexus has not been able to corroborate the "six of thirteen" Al Udeid figure from U.S. or Qatari sources and the article says so. The institutional read — that an army chief is publicly staking out narrative ground against the IRGC after the 2025 strikes — is editorial inference from the prominence and tone of the broadcast, not a claim sourced to a named official.
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