Israel 'must be punished' Iran's Khamenei says regarding Syria embassy attack

• Published date: 10 April 2024
• Author: SETH J. FRANTZMAN
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

The airstrike hit a building that is part of an Iranian consulate compound, which is used by the IRGC. Iran has vowed revenge in the wake of the attack

Tasnim News reported the comments of the Ayatollah. "Referring to the Zionist regime's air attack on the Iranian consulate, Ayatollah Khamenei clarified in his lecture: The evil regime itself, which is full of errors and evil, added one more error to its errors, and that was the attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria," Tasnim noted.

Iran views the consulate as part of its own soil and thus views the attack as an attack on Iran itself. "The leader of the revolution emphasized that the evil regime made a mistake in this matter and will be punished. Of course, we mourned our martyrs," the leader said.

The Iranians called on people to take this opportunity to observe the end of the holy month of Ramadan. His speech began with this message of religious devotion, calling on people to be thankful to God and take "our advice is to keep this spiritual reserve for yourself … Especially our dear young people who, thank God, have a desire to remember, pray and be religious."

Gaza remarks

He also noted that Iran's regime does not seek to "force people to become religious," but he noted reports that some people had "pretended to fast" during the month.

The Ayatollah also focused on Gaza during his speech, accusing Israel of killing "defenseless people." Iran has sought to exploit the war in Gaza since Hamas launched its attack and massacre on Israel on October 7. Iran's leader slammed Western governments for supporting Israel. He claimed that most Western governments had only paid...