Iran warned Israel on Sunday that if it retaliated against Tehran’s drone and missile attack, it would launch a more extensive attack on Israeli land, adding that if Washington supports any Israeli military action against Iran, U.S. sites would also be targeted.
In a retaliation move against Israel for attacking its consulate in the capital of Syria on April 1, which resulted in the deaths of seven members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran launched explosive drones and fired missiles at Israel late on Saturday, marking its first direct attack on Israeli land.
“Our response will be much larger than tonight’s military action if Israel retaliates against Iran,” armed forces chief of staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri told state TV, adding that Tehran warned Washington via Switzerland that any backing of Israeli retaliation against Iran would result in U.S. regional bases being targeted.
“Our operations are over and we have no intention to continue them,” Bagheri said, before claiming that Iran’s attack had successfully targeted two Israeli military bases.
Addressing Iranian state TV, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Major General Hossein Salami, said Tehran had entered a new equation in which any Israeli attack on its interests, assets, officials or citizens would be reciprocated from its own territory.
(with inputs from Reuters)
