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Raisi: Iran’s operation against Israel ‘source of national pride’
Raisi made the statement in a televised interview broadcast live on the state-run television on Tuesday night while elaborating on the aspects of Operation True Promise, Iran’s anti-Israel military operation which was carried out on April 13, Press TV reported.
Stressing that the large-scale operation should be discussed in various meetings and scientific, research, political and security circles, the Iranian president said, “Operation True Promise is a source of national pride and is considered a turning point in consensus-building measures across the country, and everyone praised this deed.”
Raisi underlined that the Israeli regime’s aggression against the Iranian Embassy in Syria bespoke the occupying entity’s desperation, adding that Iran’s reprisal was a punishment for the regime.
“The Zionist regime is beset by desperation and defeat. One of the manifestations of this desperation is the attack on the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Damascus; an act that contravened all international laws and regulations,” the chief executive said.
“Subsequently, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution asserted that the Zionist regime would be punished and this promise was fulfilled by our combatants.”
Iran’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that the West had asked the Islamic Republic to exercise restraint and lower the intensity of its retaliation.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said, “Ahead of the operation, the request of the Westerners was that if you want to respond, do not hit hard and reduce the intensity of the operation.”
In a multi-pronged attack, dubbed Operation True Promise, the Iranian armed forces launched dozens of drones and missiles at the occupied territories late on April 13 in response to the regime’s aggression on the Iranian diplomatic premises in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on April 1.
The Israeli airstrikes on Iran’s Embassy compound in Damascus killed two generals of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as well as five of their accompanying officers.