'The aggressor Zionist regime bears full responsibility for its consequences,' an Iran diplomat said in a letter seen by Newsweek.
A senior Iranian diplomat has warned that the Islamic Republic reserved the right to retaliate after airstrikes in Syria blamed on Israel reportedly killed several military officials, including at least two senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders, in a letter obtained by Newsweek.The letter, authored by Iranian Mission to the United Nations ambassador and charge d'affaires Zahra Ershadi and addressed to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres and U.N.
With Israel now engaged in full-scale war with the Palestinian Hamas movement in Gaza, Syria is one of several fronts, alongside Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen, in which forces aligned with the broader Iran-led 'Axis of Resistance' have claimed attacks against Israel in solidarity with Palestinians.Syrian officials joined their Iranian counterparts in vehemently condemning the attacks in Damascus.
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