Iran stepped up its threats to avenge a suspected Israeli airstrike last week that killed a number of senior commanders.
Iran stepped up its threats to avenge a suspected Israeli airstrike last week that killed a number of senior commanders, warning Sunday that Israeli diplomatic posts around the world are now “legitimate” targets for a retaliatory attack.
A senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Iran‘s official news agency Sunday that none of Israel‘s embassies should be considered safe after the April 1 strike that demolished an Iranian consulate building in the Syrian capital of Damascus.
The April 1 bombing — which Israel has yet to confirm it carried out — killed a reported 12 people, including at least four senior members of the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The attack has sent fears soaring that Iran would strike back against Israeli and U.S. targets, both directly and through its network of regional militia groups in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen.
Israel has said it is braced for any attack and ready to respond.
