“Zionist regime’s embassies no longer safe,” says Iran

MENA

Published: 2024-04-07 14:56

Last Updated: 2024-05-05 22:53


The former US Embassy in Tehran. Part of the building has been turned to a museum. (Photo: NYT)
The former US Embassy in Tehran. Part of the building has been turned to a museum. (Photo: NYT)

An adviser to the Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei, warned today, Sunday that the Israeli Occupation embassies are "no longer safe" after a strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria which killed seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members - according to Agence France-Presse.

"The embassies of the Zionist regime are no longer safe," Yahya Rahim Safavi, senior adviser to Ayatollah Khamenei, was quoted as saying by the ISNA news agency.

Iran has vowed to avenge Monday's air strike on Damascus that leveled the Iranian embassy's consular annex, killing seven IRGC members, including senior general Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a commander in the Quds Force in Syria and Lebanon.

"The resistance front is ready; how it (the response) will be, we have to wait," Safavi said, adding that "confronting this brutal regime is a legal and legitimate right".

He also noted that multiple “Israeli” embassies around the region have been closed

Zahedi was the most senior Iranian soldier killed since the United States missile strike at Baghdad airport in 2020 which killed Qasem Soleimani - commander of the Quds force.

Earlier today, The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), overnight, completely withdrew all its troops from south Gaza.

"Today, Sunday April 7th, the IDF's 98th commando division has concluded its mission in Khan Yunis. The division left the Gaza Strip in order to recuperate and prepare for future operations," the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) said in a statement to AFP.


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Asked whether this meant all troops have left south Gaza, an IOF official said: "Yes."

The 933rd Nahal Brigade is currently the only remaining IOF brigade in the Gaza Strip. It is currently located at the “Netzarim” corridor, which splits south Gaza from its north in half.

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