Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threatened to hold out “crushing assaults” in opposition to regional foe Israel if it retaliated for a missile assault below means on Tuesday.
“If the Zionist regime reacts to Iranian operations, it is going to face crushing assaults,” the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stated in a press release carried by the Fars information company.
On Tuesday night, Iran launched a missile assault concentrating on Israel’s industrial hub Tel Aviv, state media reported.
The United States had spoken of an imminent Iranian ballistic missile assault in opposition to Israel and warned it might have “extreme” penalties for Tehran.
Iranian media carried on-line footage of what they stated have been missiles being launched in opposition to Israel.
State tv performed joyful songs over the footage and its anchor congratulated “the courageous Iranian individuals”.
Tuesday’s assault was Iran’s second on Israel after a a missile and drone assault in April in retaliation for a lethal Israeli air strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus.
Nearly all of the munitions fired in that assault have been intercepted by Israel or its allies.
An Israeli strike on Beirut on Friday killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, whose Lebanese militant group has been armed and financed by the Islamic republic for years.
Nasrallah was killed alongside General Abbas Nilforoushan, a prime commander of the Quds Force, the Guards’ international operations arm.
Iran vowed Nilforoushan’s killing “won’t go unanswered”.
At the UN General Assembly in New York final month, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accused Israel of warmongering whereas Iran had exercised restraint.
He prompt Iran had held again retaliation for the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July, fearing it may derail US-backed efforts for a Gaza ceasefire.
“We tried to not reply. They saved telling us we have been inside attain of peace, maybe in every week or so,” he stated.
On Sunday, Pezeshkian stated guarantees by the US and its allies of a “ceasefire in trade for Iran’s non-reaction to Haniyeh’s killing have been fully false”.
He added that “giving these criminals (Israel) an opportunity would solely encourage them to commit extra crimes.”
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