Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday ignored widespread international calls for “restraint” in the Middle East and called for “violent, widespread and painful” attacks against Israel or other perceived enemies of Iran. I threatened to do it.
Iranian government officials also echoed Raisi’s belligerence. A senior foreign ministry official bellowed on Tuesday that Iran would respond “immediately” to any attack by Israel, while a top general in Iran’s army warned of a “stormy and unified” attack on Iran’s neighbor.
These threats are part of Iran’s terror regime’s long triumphant march since Saturday, when Tehran launched an unprecedented attack against Israel using more than 300 missiles and drones. This attack failed spectacularly. According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel intercepted “99 percent” of the attacks and stopped all drones and cruise missiles. The IDF said only a small number of ballistic missiles reached Israel and caused minimal damage. Israel recorded one casualty: an Arab Bedouin girl injured by shrapnel.
Nevertheless, Iranian leaders called the attack a “success” and made dubious claims that Iran fired “hypersonic missiles” toward Israel and attacked a “large intelligence base.” Ta. Iran has provided no evidence that its missiles hit intelligence bases or other targets, and Israel denies the claims.
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Iran uses a stable international terrorist proxy organization to respond to the April 1 airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, which eliminated seven members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). instead of attacking Israel directly. A designated terrorist organization and official branch of the Iranian military. The most prominent target of the airstrike was Mohammad Reza Zahedi, commander of the Revolutionary Guards Quds Force, who regime-affiliated organizations said this week was involved in the “planning and execution” of Hamas’ October 7 siege of Israel. insisted. Israel has not officially claimed an attack on Damascus at the time of this article.
The United Nations and many countries around the world have placed great importance on the exchange between Iran and Israel, calling for “restraint” and urging detente. Iran’s allies, including communist China, have called for “calm and restraint” along with free nations.
Iranian leaders appear to have completely ignored these calls in their comments on Monday and Tuesday. Raisi spoke by phone with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Tuesday and appealed to the Muslim world to unite against Israel’s self-defense operation against Iran’s Hamas. proxyHe also warned that Iran would not hesitate to attack Israel again.
“The smallest action against Iran’s interests will definitely be met with strong, widespread and painful reactions against all Iranian perpetrators,” Raisi said. SaidThis was reported by the Tasnim News Agency, an affiliate of the Revolutionary Guards.
In Palestine Square in downtown Tehran, men wave Iranian flags and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps flags, while a model of Iran’s first hypersonic missile, Fattah, stands alongside Iranian Revolutionary Guards drones and missiles aimed at Israel. It is on display at a rally celebrating the attack. Iran, April 15, 2024. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Raisi reportedly claimed that the missile strikes against Israel were necessary as a form of “legitimate defense” against “evil acts” by Israel, and that the United Nations and Security Council “have not fulfilled their obligations.” There aren’t any,” he complained.[l] It fulfilled its minimum legal obligation to condemn the attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. ”
He went on to claim that Israel is engaging in “child genocide, genocide, and horrific crimes,” saying that Hamas killed children as young as infants on October 7, and that Hamas has committed decades of violence against Israelis and It ignored documented incidents that called for genocide against Jews in general.
Iran’s state-run Press TV said, “Iran’s chief executive further emphasized the need for deterrence, especially by Islamic countries, against Israel, which continues to commit crimes in the Gaza Strip.” report.
Both media reported that Raisi received a sympathetic ear in Doha from the emir of Qatar, who has long hosted other terrorist organizations such as Hamas and the Afghan Taliban.
“Today, we are witnessing global and popular mobilization in support of the Palestinian cause occurring at the highest levels. By escalating the situation, the Zionist regime has shifted world opinion away from the crimes in Gaza. We are trying to keep them away,” Tasnim quoted al-Thani as saying. As you say.
“Iran and Qatar support each other in all situations and situations and will continue to do so,” the emir reportedly asserted.
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Qatar balances its support for the world’s leading state sponsors of terrorism and its proxies with its friendly disposition toward the West, solidifying its position as an intermediary between criminal terrorists and the free world. That position has faced significant challenges after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, with Republican senators recently calling Qatar a “major non-NATO ally” of the United States given its ties to Hamas and Iran. is trying to revoke his position.
Iranian military leaders have similarly used bellicose rhetoric in response to calls for global calm.Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Abdulrahim Mousavi swore Monday’s remarks signaled a “stormy, unified” response to Israel’s attempts to protect itself from Iranian attack, which was reportedly made in anticipation of Iran’s National Day. ing. Mousavi also claimed Saturday’s failed Israeli attack as another victory, warning that it only showed “some of the capabilities and strong will of the Iranian military.”
On Tuesday, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Qani said: issued It was a new series of threats against Israel, warning the country not to try to neutralize Iran’s offensive capabilities. Kani called the April 1 bombing of Damascus a “strategic mistake” and argued that if Israel attacks Iran, “the answers they receive will be measured in seconds, not days or hours.” .
Israeli officials have said they intend to take action in response to the Iranian attack, but have not provided details on what course of action they are considering. In Lebanon, Breitbart News confirmed Monday that the IDF is operating to counter the threat from Hezbollah, the Iranian proxy terrorist group that has been attempting regular attacks on Israeli territory for years.
