Tuesday, October 01, 2024 - Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps (IRGC) issued a stern warning on Tuesday, October 1, threatening
“crushing attacks” against Israel if it retaliates for a missile strike
launched earlier by Tehran.
The IRGC’s statement, carried by the Fars news agency,
emphasized that any response by Israel would be met with overwhelming force.
“If the Zionist regime reacts to Iranian operations, it will
face crushing attacks,” the IRGC declared, justifying the missile strike as
being “in accordance with the United Nations Charter.” According to the IRGC,
the attack was a response to what it described as an “attack on the
sovereignty” of Iran, referring to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh
in Tehran in July.
On Tuesday evening, Iranian forces fired a barrage of
missiles targeting Israel’s commercial hub of Tel Aviv. Iranian state media
aired footage of the missile launches, accompanied by patriotic music,
underscoring the boldness of the strike. The United States had previously
warned of an imminent Iranian ballistic missile assault on Israel and signaled
that such actions would have “severe” consequences for Tehran.
The missile strike marks the second direct attack on Israel
by Iran in six months. Back in April, Iran launched a missile and drone assault
in response to an Israeli air strike on its consulate in Damascus, although
most of those projectiles were intercepted by Israel and its allies.
This latest round of escalation follows an Israeli strike on
Friday that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, a long-time ally of Iran,
as well as General Abbas Nilforoushan, a top commander of the IRGC’s Quds
Force. In the wake of these killings, Iran vowed that Nilforoushan’s death
“would not go unanswered.”
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, speaking at the UN
General Assembly last month, accused Israel of warmongering, claiming Iran had
exercised restraint following the killing of Haniyeh, despite pressure from
regional allies. Pezeshkian asserted that promises from the United States of a
ceasefire were “false,” adding that continued leniency would only embolden
Israeli actions.
The Iranian regime, which does not recognize Israel, has
long supported Palestinian groups, particularly Hamas. While Tehran hailed
Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, which triggered the ongoing Gaza conflict,
it denied direct involvement.
Regional tensions continue to soar as Iran-aligned groups in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen increasingly join the fray, raising concerns of a broader regional conflict.
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