2024-04-07 20:42:41
Iran has placed all its armed forces on high alert amid American anticipation and fears that the Iranian response to the attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus next week, according to CNN.
The American CBS network reported that the United States “has collected intelligence information indicating that Iran is planning an attack that includes launching a group of Shahed explosive drones and cruise missiles.”
The network quoted American officials, without revealing their identity, as saying that they do not know the timing and goal of the expected Iranian response, but the American news network said that “it is expected to come before the end of the month of Ramadan.”
Commenting on a report broadcast by the American CNN network stating the possibility of an attack in the next few days, the American official said: “We are certainly in a state of high alert.”
The United States and Israel are on high alert and preparing for a possible Iranian attack targeting Israeli or American assets in the region in response to an Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Syria.
Iran to America… “Step aside”
Iran said it asked the United States to “stand aside” while the country prepares to respond to the Israeli attack on its consulate in Syria, while Hezbollah warned Israel of its readiness for war.
In a written letter to Washington, Iran warned the United States not to be drawn into Netanyahu’s trap, Mohammad Jamshidi, deputy head of the Iranian President’s Office for Political Affairs, wrote on the X website, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The United States must “stand aside so as not to be hit.”
On Friday, the New York Times quoted Iranian officials as saying that Iran had taken a decision to attack Israel directly, in a move aimed at creating deterrence.
Revenge in the Israeli depths
In turn, the Iranian newspaper “Khorasan” addressed the quality and level of response to Israel, and quoted from the “Syrian News Channel” that this attack must occur in the occupied Palestinian territories, must cause huge losses and damage, and must be visible and audible so that everyone can From seeing it. She added that its goal is “to let everyone know that the “war” power of this entity (Israel) is only within the scope of killing operations in the Gaza Strip, and it no longer has any power.”
She added that the response must “be in a way that Israel knows that if it wants to do something new, it will cost it exponentially.”
Monday’s attack, which killed two Iranian commanders and five military advisers at the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus, came as Israel accelerates a long-running campaign against Iran and allied armed groups. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei vowed revenge.
Tehran has options, as it can unleash groups allied with it to launch operations against American forces, or use them to launch direct strikes on Israel, or intensify its nuclear program, which the United States and its allies have long sought to curb.
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2024-04-07 20:42:41