Syria | Iran promises a harsh response to Israel for the attack on its consulate in Syria

The Iranian authorities stated this Monday that Tehran will respond with “hardness” to Israel for the attack that destroyed the Iranian consulate and caused at least eight deaths, including two generals of the Revolutionary Guard.

“The Zionist regime (Israel) acts against international laws, for which it will receive a harsh response from us,” said Iran’s ambassador to Syria, Hossein Akbari speaking to Iranian state television from Damascus.

The diplomat witnessed from the window of the embassy the attack against the consulate, which according to him, was carried out with F-35 fighters that fired six missiles at the Iranian facilities.

For his part, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Hosein Amir Abdolahian considered the attack on the consulate “a violation of all international obligations and conventions and blamed the consequences of this action on the Zionist regime (Israel).

“He emphasized the need for a serious response by the international community to such criminal actions.”said Abdolahian In a conversation with his Syrian counterpart, Faisal Mekdad according to a statement from the Iranian Foreign Ministry.

The Iranian diplomat also considered that the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, “has completely lost his mental balance due to the successive failures of the Israeli regime in Gaza”.

He Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that at least eight people have been killed in the attack that destroyed the Iranian consulate in Damascus, including seven Iranians.

Iranian state media have confirmed the death of the brigadier general of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Mohamed Reda al Zahedi and his assistant, the general Mohammad Haji Rahimi.

Akbariwho emerged unharmed from the attack, told television syrian state what “There are between five and seven dead. We cannot give an exact figure until the debris”.

This is the bloodiest attack against Iranian soldiers in Syria so far in 2024, where to date there have been eight deaths from Israeli bombings, including two generals of the Revolutionary Guard.

Iran has been a key ally of Damascus in the war in Syriawhere Tehran has sent soldiers and military advisors, in addition to providing economic and political support to its main ally in middle East.

Furthermore, Tehran leads the call Resistance Axis, an informal alliance formed by militant organizations such as Hezbollah the Houthi rebels, the Islamist movement Hamas among other groups.

The Islamic Republic of Iran and Israel They are bitter enemies, pose a mutual existential threat, compete for regional hegemony and maintain a covert war with cyberattacks, assassinations and sabotage.