Retaliation Threat: Iran’s Supreme Leader Warns Israel’s Embassies Are No Longer Safe

2024-04-07 22:23:36
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei looks over the coffins of Revolutionary Guard fighters killed in the attack in Syria, during a ceremony in Tehran (WANA/Reuters)

A military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, said Sunday that Israel’s embassies “are no longer secure,” suggesting that Tehran might attack the Jewish state’s diplomatic headquarters in retaliation for the attack on its consulate in Damascus.

“None of the embassies of the Zionist regime (Israel) are safe anymore,” said Yahya Rahim Safavi, advisor for military affairs to the highest authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in a tribute to the soldiers killed in the attack on the Iranian consulate. in Damascus, the SNN agency reported.

“Confronting this brutal regime is a legal and legitimate right” of Iran, said Safavi, who served as commander in chief of the Revolutionary Guard between 1997 and 2007.

The military advisor considered that Israel has “violated all international laws” in a reference to the attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus in which seven members of the Revolutionary Guard and six Syrian citizens died, and for which Tehran has blamed Jerusalem.

Among those killed in the attack were the top official of the Quds Force in Syria and Lebanon, Brigadier General Mohamed Reza Zahedi, and his deputy, Brigadier General Mohamed Hadi Haj Rahimi.

An excavator removes debris following the alleged Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus (REUTERS/Firas Makdesi)

Israeli media have pointed out that Israel has closed embassies around the world, which according to Safavi highlights Tel Aviv’s “fear.”

Safavi thus joins the list of Iranian authorities who have promised revenge for Monday’s attack on the Iranian consulate.

“The evil regime will be punished by our brave men. We will make them repent of this crime and others like it, with the help of God,” Khamenei warned shortly following the attack.

Israel is on alert following the attack that occurred last Monday, April 1, in which at least 19 people died.

This Sunday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant assured that Israel has finalized preparations to face “any scenario” once morest Iran.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (Europa Press/Contact/Ariel Hermoni/Israel Mod)

Gallant made these statements following the meeting held today with the head of the Israeli Army Operations Directorate, Oded Basiuk, and the head of the Military Intelligence Directorate, Aharon Haliva, according to a statement from the authorities.

The Israeli press maintains that the Iranian authorities are planning an attack with drones and cruise missiles once morest the Jewish State, but also once morest American targets in the region. Iran considers the White House to be “complicit” in the attack.

The fear that this attack will reach Israeli territory is beginning to permeate its citizens, who in recent days have stocked up on food.

The concern of the international community that the conflict in Gaza, which is six months old today, goes beyond its borders has been constant during this time, due to the clashes that have occurred between Israel and some Arab countries, which their relationship It is more tense than ever in recent decades.

(With information from EFE)

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