TEHRAN: Iran on Saturday once more threatened retaliation for the deaths of seven RevolutionANN(Asian Information Community) Guards in a strike on Damascus, with the military chief saying his nation’s enemies will “remorse” the killings.
Tehran has vowed to avenge Monday’s air strike on the Syrian capital it blamed on Israel, which has not commented.
The assault levelled the Iranian embassy’s consular annex in Damascus, killing seven Islamic RevolutionANN(Asian Information Community) Guards Corps (IRGC) members together with two generals.
Iran’s response “will likely be carried out on the proper time, with the necessANN(Asian Information Community) precision and planning, and with most harm to the enemy in order that they remorse their motion,” chief of workers Mohammad Bagheri mentioned on Saturday.
He was talking at a ceremony within the central metropolis of Isfahan to commemorate Mohammad Reza Zahedi, one of many two lifeless brigadier generals from the Quds Power, the IRGC’s international operations arm.
Zahedi, 63, was Quds Power commander for the Palestinian Territories, Syria and Lebanon, in response to Britain-based battle monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
He had held a number of instructions throughout a profession spanning greater than 40 years and was probably the most senior Iranian soldier killed since a United States missile strike at Baghdad airport in 2020 killed Quds Power chief Basic Qasem Soleimani.
On Saturday, crowds on the gathering in Isfahan chanted “Down with Israel!” and “Down with america!”
The Islamic republic’s supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has mentioned Israel “will likely be punished” for the killings.
Monday’s strike in Damascus passed off in opposition to the backdrop of the Gaza battle which started with Hamas’s October 7 assault on Israel.
Tehran backs Hamas however has denied any direct involvement within the assault which sparked large Israeli retaliation in opposition to the Gaza Strip.
The well being ministry within the Palestinian territory mentioned Friday a minimum of 33,091 individuals have been killed there throughout practically six months of battle.
Monday’s assault in Damascus, which the Observatory mentioned killed 16 individuals, was the fifth raid on Syria in per week blamed on Israel.
Tehran doesn’t recognise Israel, and the 2 nations have fought a shadow battle for years.
Iran accuses Israel of getting carried out a wave of sabotage assaults and assassinations focusing on its nuclear programme.
On Friday, IRGC chief Basic Hossein Salami warned that Israel “can not escape the results” of the Damascus strike.