Iran President On Israel Assault On Embassy In Syria

Tehran:

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday condemned a lethal air strike blamed on Israel in opposition to his nation’s consular annex in Damascus, saying the “cowardly crime is not going to go unanswered”.

“After repeated defeats and failures in opposition to the religion and can of the Resistance Entrance fighters, the Zionist regime has put blind assassinations on its agenda within the battle to avoid wasting itself,” Raisi stated on his workplace’s web site.

“Day-to-day, now we have witnessed the strengthening of the Resistance Entrance and the disgust and hatred of free nations in direction of the illegitimate nature of (Israel). This cowardly crime is not going to go unanswered.”

The air strike on the Iranian embassy’s five-storey annex killed seven members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, which runs Iran’s abroad army operations.

Among the many useless, have been Brigadier Generals Mohammad Reza Zahedi and Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi, each senior commanders within the Quds Pressure, Guards’ international operations arm.

Zahedi, 63, had held a succession of instructions within the pressure in a Guards profession spanning greater than 4 many years.

Israel declined to touch upon the strike.

The UN Safety Council was to debate the lethal strike later Tuesday at a gathering requested by Syrian ally Russia.

“Iran reserves its respectable and inherent proper underneath worldwide regulation and the United Nations Constitution to take a decisive response to such reprehensible acts,” Iran’s mission to the world physique stated.

It warned the strike might “doubtlessly ignite extra battle involving different nations” and known as on the Safety Council “to sentence this unjustified prison act.”

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