Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei warned Israel once more on Wednesday that it might “be punished” for the Damascus airstrike that killed seven members of the Revolutionary Guards, together with two generals.
“The evil regime made a mistake on this. It needs to be punished and can proceed to be punished,” Khamenei stated in a televised tackle after Eid al-Adha prayers in Tehran.
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Iran’s supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday as soon as once more warned Israel that it might “be punished” for the Damascus airstrike that killed seven members of the Revolutionary Guards, together with two generals.
“The evil regime made a mistake on this. It needs to be punished and can proceed to be punished,” Khamenei stated in a televised tackle after Eid al-Adha prayers in Tehran.
Khamenei stated the April 1 assault, which destroyed the five-story consular annex of the Iranian embassy in Syria, violated worldwide agreements stipulating the inviolability of diplomatic services.
“The consulates and embassies of any nation are a part of that nation’s territory,” he stated. “If they attacked our consulate, which means they attacked our territory.”
Khamenei has led Iranian officers in making a collection of guarantees to retaliate for the assault, which has been broadly blamed on arch-enemy Israel.
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One of his senior advisers, Yahya Rahim Safavi, warned on Sunday that the Israeli embassy was “not protected.”
Israel introduced final week that it might strengthen its defenses and droop furloughs for its fight troops following Iranian threats of retaliation.
Iran doesn’t acknowledge Israel, and the 2 nations have been preventing a shadow conflict for years.
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Iran has accused Israel of being behind a wave of sabotage and assassinations focusing on its nuclear program.
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