Iran confirmed this Saturday that it has the right to respond to Israel “at the appropriate time and place.” Death of five members of the powerful Revolutionary Guard At a time when tension in the Middle East is at its maximum, deaths occur in the attack in Syria.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran has the right to respond to the organized terrorism of the fake Zionist regime (Israel) at the appropriate time and place,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Naser Kanani said in a statement published on the social network.
The diplomat assured that the soldiers’ deaths “will not be in vain” and asked international organizations and other countries to condemn Israel’s “criminal act”.
Kananí argued that the “killing” of Revolutionary Guard members by Tel Aviv “clearly demonstrates the connection between the terrorist regime (Israel) and the Islamic State in the region.”
Syria’s official news agency, SANA, reported that an “enemy of Israel” attack was carried out on a residential building in the Mezze district of Damascus this morning, as a result of Israeli aggression.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights assured that the Israeli missile, which allegedly targeted a four-story building, was completely destroyed and caused the death of 10 people, including “five Iranians, three commanders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard” and others. “Two of them have not been identified.”
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard confirmed that four of its members died in the attack and accused Israel of carrying out the attack, but this country has not yet commented on the issue.
Later, Iranian media such as PressTV increased the number of Iranians killed in the attack to five.
The deaths of four Iranian soldiers occurred after Iran bombed Israeli targets inside Iraqi territory early Tuesday morning; Four people died there, but Iraq denied these were Jewish State facilities.
Iran justified this attack in December with the death of three members of Syria’s Revolutionary Guard, including a general.
Tehran is an important ally of Damascus in the war in Syria; Tehran sends troops and military advisors here, while also providing economic and political support to its main ally in the Middle East.
The Middle East is experiencing a state of maximum tension due to the war in Gaza and repeated attacks by pro-Iranian militias in Iraq against US positions in the country and in Syria, as well as attacks by the Houthis. Yemen against ships in the Red Sea.