Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement on the 6th, stating that it would definitely respond to Israel’s attack on the consular department of the Iranian Embassy in Syria.
The statement said that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps promised the Iranian people that it would definitely punish Israel for committing terrorist attacks.
Mohammad Hussein Bagheri, Chief of General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, said on the same day that he would take retaliatory actions at the appropriate time to “cause maximum harm to the enemy” and make Israel “regret” its actions.
According to Iranian media reports, Bagheri made a speech in Isfahan on the 6th when attending the funeral of Mohammad-Reza Zahedi, a senior commander of the “Quds Force” of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who was killed in the attack. The above statement. He also said that the United States was also responsible for the attack.
The consular building of the Iranian Embassy in Syria was hit by a missile air strike on the 1st, killing at least 13 people. Iran said the dead included a senior commander of the “Quds Force” affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Iran and Syria said the attack was carried out by Israel, and both Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Raisi vowed to retaliate.