Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday (10) that Israel “must be punished and will be” for attacking the Iranian embassy complex in Syria.
In a major escalation of Israel's war with regional adversaries, suspected Israeli warplanes bombed Iran's consulate in the Syrian capital on April 1, in an attack that Iran said killed seven military advisers, vowing to retaliate.
“The evil regime made a mistake and must be punished and will be,” Khamenei said in a speech marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Iran holds US responsible
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian blamed Israel for Monday's attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, but also said the United States was responsible for it because it supports Israel.
The top diplomat's comments underscore the growing tension between Tehran and Washington, with Iran pointing the finger at the US for its support of Israel.
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“The dimensions of the terrorist attack and the Israeli regime's crime were explained and the responsibility of the American administration underlined” at the meeting, said the minister.
“An important message was conveyed to the American administration as a supporter of the Zionist regime,” he added. “The United States should be responsible.”
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has not commented publicly on the attack that Iran said killed two commanders and several others. But IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari disputed that the building was a consulate.
“This is a Quds forces military building disguised as a civilian building in Damascus,” he said.
Separately, The New York Times reported that four unnamed Israeli officials acknowledged that Israel carried out the attack.
(With information from Hamdi Alkhshali, from CNN ; and Jyoti Narayan of Reuters in Bangalore)
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