Tehran vows to target Israeli embassies in region if its missions come under fire

Iran’s highest operational command unit has warned that any aggression targeting the country’s diplomatic missions will be met with retaliatory attacks on the Israeli regime’s embassies across the region.

Ebrahim Zolfaqari, the spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, on Saturday cautioned the “desperate and declining Zionist regime” against any attack on Iran’s diplomatic centers.

“In the event of any aggression or attack on any embassy or diplomatic center of the Islamic Republic of Iran, all the identity-less and fake embassies of that regime in the region will be considered legitimate targets by the powerful armed forces of Islamic Iran and will be struck,” the statement said.

“Do not forget—what we say, we will act upon swiftly and decisively,” it added.

Earlier on Saturday, the IRGC, in a statement, referred to a report by The Wall Street Journal claiming that the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia’s capital had been attacked, saying the incident “has absolutely no connection to the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

IRGC condemns US embassy attack in Riyadh, says Iran had nothing to do with it

The IRGC says the Iranian Armed Forces had nothing to do with an attack on the US Embassy in Riyadh.

The statement said that given the Israeli enemy’s strategy in the region, the attack was “definitely carried out by the Zionists.”

The US and Israel started the latest round of unlawful military aggression on Iran on February 28, some eight months after they carried out unprovoked attacks on the country.

The attacks led to the martyrdom of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and hundreds of Iranian civilians, including women and children, as well as several senior military commanders.

Iran has carried out extensive retaliatory attacks on US assets in the region and on locations in the Israeli-occupied territories since the very first day of the US–Israeli aggression.

The Islamic Republic says it respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of its neighbors and that its reprisal attacks are directed at US assets and bases on their soil.

It has also warned regional countries not to allow their territory to be used for attacks against Iran.

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