Iranian army chief says in a single day assault ‘achieved all its goals’, including that US bases are underneath menace if it backs Israeli retaliation.
Iran has warned Israel of a bigger assault on its territory ought to it retaliate towards Tehran’s in a single day drone and missile assaults, including that the US shouldn’t again an Israeli army motion.
“If the Zionist regime [Israel] or its supporters demonstrate reckless behaviour, they will receive a decisive and much stronger response,” Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi stated in a press release on Sunday.
Raisi’s assertion follows an identical warning by Iranian army chief, Main-Normal Mohammad Bagheri, who advised state TV {that a} “much larger” response awaits Israel “if it retaliates against Iran”.
Bagheri stated the Iranian assault on Israel “has achieved all its goals, and in our view the operation has ended, and we do not intend to continue”.
Earlier on Sunday, he warned the US that any backing of Israeli retaliation would end in its bases being focused by Iran.
The commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Hossein Salami, additionally warned that Tehran would retaliate towards any Israeli assaults on its pursuits, officers or residents.
“From now on, whenever Israel attacks Iranian interests… we will attack from Iran.”
In the meantime, Iran’s everlasting mission to the United Nations justified Tehran’s response to Israeli “aggression” as a “legitimate defence” in accordance with the UN constitution.
“The matter can be deemed concluded. However, should the Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran’s response will be considerably more severe,” stated a press release.
It added that the US ought to “stay away” from the battle, because it is a matter between Iran and Israel.
Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabbari, reporting from Tehran, stated the Iranian assaults could be seen by its nationals as a “historic event in the country”.
“For over 40 years, Iran has been talking about going to war with Israel as one of its main adversaries,” she stated, including that celebrations had been held in a number of Iranian cities over the air raids.
‘Significant response’
Tehran’s assaults late on Saturday had been launched after a suspected Israeli air strike on its embassy compound in Damascus on April 1 killed IRGC members, elevating the specter of a wider regional battle.
On Sunday, Israel reported modest injury and reopened its airspace following the unprecedented direct assault.
The Israeli army stated the armed forces had shot down greater than 99 % of the Iranian drones and missiles and had been discussing follow-up choices.
In a short assertion on X, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote, “We intercepted. We blocked. Together we will win.”
In the meantime, Israel’s defence chief, Yoav Gallant, warned in a televised assertion that the confrontation with Iran “is not over yet”.
Israel’s Channel 12 TV quoted an unnamed Israeli official as saying there could be a “significant response” to the assault.
Israel’s chief army spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, additionally known as Iran’s actions “very grave”, saying in a televised briefing that they “push the region toward escalation”.
Regardless of the rhetoric, one Iranian analyst stated the statements coming from Iran supply a gap for the opposing events to again off from a wider confrontation.
Farzan Sabet, a senior researcher on the Geneva-based World Governance Centre, stated Israel “has a potential off-ramp” by making a “largely symbolic and non- or only slightly lethal response”.
However given Israel’s “historically low threat tolerance and practice of disproportionate response”, additional retaliations and escalations might be seen, he stated in an evaluation posted on X.
