Dubai United Arab Emirates (CNN)-Activists shared videos and photos on social media For Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei A rifle was on the platform of a speech he delivered in which he attacked Israel following the attack on the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital, Damascus.
The video clip and circulating photos were published by Khamenei’s official account on the X platform (formerly Twitter), on Thursday.
Khamenei had said in a previous blog post on AX: “When The Zionist entity attacks the Iranian consulate in SyriaThis is equivalent to attacking our lands. The malicious entity made a mistake, and must and will be punished for it.”
Israel responded shortly after Khamenei’s statement, saying that it would retaliate if it was attacked. Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz said on Wednesday during a radio interview with the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation: “Once Iran attacks Israel directly, this will be a turning point.”“.
Iran previously pledged to respond after it accused Israel By bombing its embassy compound in Syria on April 1, in a deadly escalation of regional tensions over the war in Gaza, which once again appeared to raise the risk of a broader conflict in the Middle East..
It is noteworthy that the Israeli air strike destroyed the consulate building in the capital, Damascus, killing at least seven officials, including Mohammad Reza Zahedi, the supreme commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and senior commander Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi, according to the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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