Iranian president vows revenge towards Israel after airstrike on Syria consulate: ‘Won’t go unanswered’

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi vowed revenge towards Israel following a lethal airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Syria on Tuesday.

Raisi known as the assault – for which Israel has not confirmed accountability – a “cowardly crime” and mentioned it will “not go unanswered.” Iran’s supreme chief, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, additionally promised that “Israel shall be punished.” Iranian leaders additionally mentioned they maintain the U.S. accountable for the assault as a consequence of its assist for Israel.

The Monday strike killed practically 10 Iranian officers, together with Mohammed Reza Zahedi, a high commander in Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards, and senior commander Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi.

Zahedi is the highest-ranking member of the Iranian army to be killed since former President Trump ordered the assassination of IRGC Gen. Qassem Soleimani in a 2020 drone strike.

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Consultants advised Fox Information Digital that Iran isn’t more likely to reply instantly towards the Jewish state however slightly use its proxies to do the job.

“Given the goal and site of the strike – at a constructing adjoining to the consulate — I anticipate the Iranians to reply,” 

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“It’s tough to say how the Iranians reply,” Invoice Roggio, managing editor of Lengthy Warfare Journal mentioned. “The Iranians could attempt to goal Israelis abroad, and may additionally leverage its militias – Hezbollah, the Houthis, and the Iraqi and Syria militias, to strike at targets inside Israel.”

Hezbollah has already vowed “punishment and revenge” for Israel’s assault, calling these killed within the strike “martyrs.”

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Yigal Carmon, a former adviser to 2 Israeli prime ministers on countering terrorism and founder and president of the Center East Media Analysis Institute (MEMRI), advised Fox Information Digital that, “Khamenei’s insurance policies over time replicate cowardice. The Iranian sample of response is such that he escalates when he feels that the opposite aspect is afraid of him, and backs down when the opposite aspect reveals deterrence.”

Carmon’s mentioned his evaluation is that “Khamenei is not going to react to the Israeli escalation by escalating towards an Israeli goal BY IRAN ITSELF. Relatively, he’ll proceed with the proxy recreation, focusing on Israel by the Houthis, Hezbollah and presumably by terrorists within the West. He doesn’t want and isn’t prepared for an all-out conflict with Israel at the moment.”

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Responding to the assault throughout a information convention on Monday, State Division spokesperson Matt Miller mentioned the U.S. didn’t have affirmation of the goal or the accountable celebration, however famous the division’s concern that the reported strike could possibly be seen as “escalatory” and doubtlessly “trigger a rise in battle within the area.”