Baghdad: Iran is ready to retaliate against Israel’s recent “precise” aggression, semi-officials Iranian news agency Tasnim reported quoting a source.
According to Tasnim, the source said that Iran reserves its right to respond to any act of aggression.
“There is no doubt that Israel will face a proportional reaction for any action it takes,” the source added.
This comes as Israel during the wee hours of Saturday launched “precise” strikes on Iran’s military bases, prompting Tehran to close its airspace. In Israel’s second wave of attack, blasts were heard west of Tehran.
The Israeli Defence Force in a video statement said, “In response to months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against the State of Israel – right now the Israel Defense Forces is conducting precise strikes on military targets in Iran. The regime in Iran and its proxies in the region have been relentlessly attacking Israel since October 7th – on seven fronts – including direct attacks from Iranian soil.”
“Like every other sovereign country in the world, the State of Israel has the right and the duty to respond. Our defensive and offensive capabilities are fully mobilized. We will do whatever necessary to defend the State of Israel and the people of Israel.”
Israel attacked Iran initially after Tehran on October 1 responded to the Israeli assassination of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah Secretary General Seyed Hassan Nasrallah, and IRGC general Abbas Nilforoushan by launching as many as 200 ballistic missiles toward the Zionist regime’s military and intelligence bases all over the occupied Palestinian territories.
Iranian officials have warned that Tehran’s reciprocal response to any Israeli action will be harsh, proportional and well-calculated.
Israel and Iran have been bitter foes since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Israel considers Iran to be its greatest threat, citing its leaders’ calls for Israel’s destruction, their support for anti-Israel militant groups and the country’s nuclear program.
Israel and Iran have been locked in a yearslong shadow war. A suspected Israeli assassination campaign has killed top Iranian nuclear scientists. Iranian nuclear installations have been hacked or sabotaged, all in mysterious attacks blamed on Israel.
Meanwhile, Iran has been blamed for a series of attacks on shipping in the Middle East in recent years, which later grew into the attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on shipping through the Red Sea corridor.
Since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, the shadow war has increasingly moved into the open.
(Inputs from AP)
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