An Iranian Shahed-136 drone is launched during a military exercise in Iran, December 2021. (Screenshot: X)
Iran could launch strikes against Israel within the next 24 to 48 hours in response to the April 1 attack on the Iranian embassy in the Syrian capital, Damascus, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on April 11.
At least 13 people were killed in the attack on the embassy, which Tehran and Damascus both said was carried out by Israel.
Seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members were among the victims, including two senior commanders of the Quds Force, Brigadier Generals Mohammad Reza Zahedi and his deputy Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi.
Citing United States intelligence reports, an American official told The Wall Street Journal that Iran could launch retaliatory strikes within days, “possibly on Israeli soil” as opposed to Israeli interests elsewhere.
The strike could come within the next 24 to 48 hours, the unnamed official said, adding that the Israeli military was preparing for a possible attack on either southern or northern Israel.
However, the same report also quoted a person briefed by the Iranian leadership as saying that no final decision has been taken by Tehran.
Quoting an IRGC advisor, earlier in the week, the Guards provided Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with several options to strike Israeli interests. One of the options was a direct attack on Israel with sophisticated medium-range missiles, the advisor said.
Khamenei has yet to decide on the plans. According to The Wall Street Journal, he is concerned a direct attack could backfire with the projectiles being intercepted and Israel responding with a massive retaliation on Iran’s strategic infrastructure.
“The strike plans are in front of the Supreme Leader and he is still weighing the political risk,” the adviser told the WSJ.
Another report published by CBS News on April 12 said that a major retaliatory attack by Iran on Israel could come as soon as today.
Citing two unnamed U.S. officials, the news network said that the attack could possibly include more than 100 drones and dozens of missiles aimed at military targets inside Israel. Tehran might opt for a smaller-scale strike in order to avoid a dramatic escalation.
Israel has been on high alert amid multiple threats and intelligence assessments that Iran is planning to retaliate against the attack on its embassy in Damascus.
Senior Israeli officials, including the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense, have already warned Tehran that Iran will hit back.
Despite efforts by some the United Kingdom and some European countries to calm down Iran and contain the situation, Tehran will likely retaliate in order to re-establish deterrence with Israel. If the attack on the embassy goes unpunished, the next Israel strike could target Iranian territory.
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sure. muahahaha hahaha haha 😆😆😆
hahaha one of the gang of eight (marco rubio) is now quoting the bible. lmfao, israeli airspace is fully clear, the only planes are grounded in ben gurion intl. airport… okay buddy.
the middle east super power left gaza and didn’t do shit against hezbollah… now crying 24/7. how many times jews got expelled again? how many of them got smoked again? who rejected jesus again?
how is their proxies doing again (isis)? oh they are 6ft underground because of iran and russia.
iran’s method of warning israel of an “imminent” attack for close to two weeks now is tethering on comedy. and the international community’s way of deducing an attack is immunity simply because it’s already been almost two weeks.
an attack is imminent*** simply it’s already been almost two weeks.
lol a rtd child here again, russian military build-up around ukraine…? how long was that again?
oh i remember cheap comments like yours, “russia doing nothing” “russia just trying to scare ukraine” “russia is weak” bla bla bla.
once russia start their military operation we all find out it was in fact ukraine clowns that were making those comments, because right after all of them start crying “russia is killing us”… if you have no horse in the race just stfu?
the breath of war is upon iran’s neck whether it wants it or not. if they are smart, in the days following the consulate bombing they would be conducting mass, nation-wide drills; 2) making hypersonic, missiles, nuclear tipped warheads and ballistic warheads, 3) making and preparing air defenses, 4) mass producing drones
5) making and preparing electronic warfare systems, 6) buying more su-35’s from russia. 7) continue developing deep underground missile launch bases. 8) naval drones. etcetera. etcetera. they should pivot to an imminent conventional war stance and be ready to engage stealth fighters, bombers, and strike groups.
fiktion for infants
“israel” lost their proxy war against iran long time ago. what is funny is the us don’t want to start a war in middle east again… so “israel” is alone for once. so their great plan was to start a war with iran… iran will attack “israel” the end.
i don’t understand your points 1-4, they have been doing all that for long time. a country don’t start making weapons after they got attack… do you mean increasing their production? well, iran is selling drones and shells to russia.
of course ramping up production. missile production and drone production has been in overdrive for years. hence why they are able to sell to russia even while being embroiled in support roles in syria and elsewhere. that being said, they should be mass producing hyper sonic missiles.
for what reason? we seen how piss dome can’t even hit hamas homemade rockets. hezbollah doesn’t really use any new missile type and they are hitting “israel” main bases. i mean look at ukraine…
for other air defence systems that “israel” has i have three words, syria, s-200-missile and dimona.
israel has about 100 atomic bombs. iran needed time to finish theirs. now they are even. with all due respect to your impatience, iran can’t let israel use them on their country.
did russia use nuclear weapons against ukraine? no. do you know why? the world would fuk (stop supporting) russia, that would even include iran and syria.
any use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear country = their death globally.
“israel” lost the wars in lebanon and gaza… if “israel” is completely losing a war you can make a case for that idea.
btw “israel” really have 3-4 main cities… you don’t even need nuclear weapons to end their race.
chemical weapons are cheaper and much much better… why do you think egypt have so much?
yeah rtd forgot how long it took russia to start their operation into ukraine? rtd.
what even is an rtd? you mean: retard? you know iran isn’t preparing an invasion so your comparison isn’t really apt, is it? they’re simply preparing a response to a bombing with another bombing. so yeah, it’s sort of comical that they take this long to figure out where and how hard to strike.
the problem about this user called ceo of yapping is that the majority of his comments are nonsense. he usually posts on issues related to iran and seems to believe that he knows a lot about its political decisions. iran is reluctant to attack. there might be a lot of reasons. the military technocrats in iran usually follow their own strategies, not that of the religious leadership.
but the iranian military strategists are awful. that’s why they have lost so much since 2020. from suleimani, to scientists, to military personell in syria and even in iran (like kerman with 100 dead). and only once the response was adequate, which was against jaish al-adl. iranian strategists don’t follow orders.
oh there is your true face… ofc i could smell shit on you from here. mate stfu.
i don’t even want to correct him, but you lazy fuk need to do some research for once in your lifetime. one name for you, aby har-even and ofc you don’t know shit and you are clueless as fuk look up who was his son.
i love how you even put l in your name.
“the majority of his comments are nonsense.”
you: “israel has about 100 atomic bombs. iran needed time to finish theirs. now they are even. with all due respect to your impatience, iran can’t let israel use them on their country.”
yeah care to sure your source buddy? or you are saying “nonsense”.
“he usually posts on issues related to iran” – wrong and you are new here lmfao, any thing related to zionists to correct you. also, sf was mainly report about syrian war… that is how i find them.
“the military technocrats in iran usually follow their own strategies, not that of the religious leadership.” hahahahahahaha stfu don’t make a fool of yourself more.
that was the funniest shit i have read for sometime, thank you. fun fact about me, i have been to iran and yes i do have iranian friends since high school.
the iranian military is under the control of the supreme leader of iran, currently ayatollah ali khamenei. as the highest ranking political and religious authority in iran, the supreme leader has the ultimate authority over the country’s armed forces, including the army, navy, air force, and revolutionary guards (irgc).
clown like him never even heard one word from the people they talk about. have you ever look at who sit at front of ayatollah ali khamenei during their pray and during khamenei’s speech?
holy fuk, it would took this ape fuking 2 sec to read about it.
“what even is an rtd?” some-one grow up without playing any online game (hey i’m happy for you).
my point wasn’t about if iran was going to invade “israel” but preparing like how we saw with russia build-up near ukraine for months. russia also could have invaded ukraine right away… they didn’t and they got prepared for months.
planning and preparing for a response after that take time.
yes we are a weak immoral inferior species sodomized by taliban now humiliated by russia
chutzpah unchained
the ziotanic state consistently exterminates iranian military advisers in lebanon and syria as well as repeated asassinations inside iran and expect iran to bow down. if iran does not retaliate it is clear that the zips will redouble the attacks with impunity.
remember, iran killed many mossad members and even now iraqi pmus, hezbollah and houthis attacking “israel” openly… if we ignore iran support for hamas. it is not black and white.
kurds don’t even dare to say iran… for one sec kurdish gangs attack iran or host mossad they were attacked by iran right away… the same kurdish gangs that still fuk with turkey.
“israel” losing everything and need the us to clear up for them… can you understand now?
“israel” lost all their proxies, isis, kurdish gangs, and even mek clowns.
“israel” openly said without the us full military support they can’t invade lebanon even. they lost the war in gaza… they are crying for help. now how can you get the us to help? attack iran.
“israel” never attack iran – never. just remember what trump cried about… when the us killed soleimani (in iraq), “israel” via un informed iran it wasn’t them. trump later said, “israel” was scared.
does anyone believe that iran will follow the script of the u.s. and israel? i don’t think so. iran is much to clever for that. iran will carefully choose when it will strike back at the zio-fascist state that has for years attacked iran indirectly and directly. moreover, as a brics member state, iran will also discuss its retaliation with russia and china. so, the morons in tel aviv and washington can hype as much as they want. iran will strike when they least expect it.
agreed. not likely to be in israel. probably their base in eritrea will be destroyed.
i also believe that israel sees the window of opportunity to fight iran and gain favorable results as closing. because simply, the west is in decadence. the us taxpayer gravy train is not eternal. not with the dollar losing ground the way it is and with developing countries catching up (and even surpassing) the west in some sensitive technological fields. as is, even a country like iran is said to have better missiles than most nato countries (if not all?)
attempting to play a constructive role and being pacifist can only take you so far when you face true evil. american hegemony — and by extension, european influence is in its death throes — and that is pushing the world closer than ever to a third world war. nato countries are preparing their citizenries and their militaries for global war…
both france and germany are re-industrializing their war machine.and at this point most people already see western imperialism as the culprit for all of the instability and problems — so iran has no use in playing the political game anymore when war is coming to them regardless.
there is no use in attempting to use global institutions like the un and icc when they are corrupt and manipulated by western powers. russia does need to be careful on the global stage so it doesn’t lose the information war and appear yo be the next nazi germany invading europe. but iran? everyone and their dog knows who the middle east bullies and authors of war & strife are. politicking has its limit
appropriate comment.
thats a fact and not a new one.
if iran tries, they just after that would be body with no arms and legs.
you will eat your words. this is not 40s or 50s clown, the world supported iraq (under saddam) during iraq-iran war. no one would have believe at that time iran would win and hold the saddam army… yet they did.
yet again rtds down playing iran. i tell you one thing, iran never* saw “israel” as their main enemy but the us. they openly call “israel” the us military base and nothing more.
it is crazy how much people don’t know about iran.
the worst time to attack is when your opponent is expecting it.
when he does, you have him in fear and what it implies
agree. keep the ziotanics on tenterhooks.
media predictors are not to be trusted in their assessments of who what when where or how any nation is going to attack any other nation. they just hype up this crap in the hope that the sheeple will continue to listen and watch them on their media platforms to sell advertising time. what is worse is that most of the libtard heads of state repeat the same inflamatory bullshit like the silly barking dogs that they are.
agree and they also hyped it to downplay any counter attack from the x country. for over 50 years, iran response were unpredictable.
this is like prelude to the russian smo into ukraine.
iran is a joke. they are announcing a timeline for retaliation? they should have fired missiles immediately when their consular was attacked. they are just a bunch of spineless cowards probably already bought by the west. all this is just theatrical.
bs! strategy prevails over immediacy of tactics.
yes, but you are talking to a zionist bot here. this is the same thing with prelude to the russian smo into ukraine.
western media is a joke. they always front run all this flaming bs for western dummies to swallow hook line and sinker. if you do not know it, you are part of the joke
what timeline, please share your source. oh what… your mother was your source? good one bot.
when ukraine coup happened many people like you also said russia should have immediately take over “all of ukraine”… i was here in sf and remember reading those rtded comments.
thank god, you people have no power at any level. that is not how the world works, also you don’t understand anything kiddo.
they wont…
all this is a psyop. the western and israeli media made it up to look like iran is weak. they made up all these claims, nobody in iran has said anything yet
facts, like how all of them were saying russia going to use nuclear weapons against ukraine…
even now the western and israeli media downplaying russia…
the plastic dome relies heavily on amerikan support. the zionist settler colony is a codependent baby of amerikkkkkka
this story reads like the cia planted it. i would be very surprised if iran does anything rash. they have been very calm and measured in their approach. getting into a shooting war with israhell and the usa is the last thing iran wants.
the schlomos wont air strike thier way out of the mess they are in. if they had brains and not fungus for brains, they would negotiate a sustainable peace with their muslims neighbors, afterall, they live in an islamic neighborhood. what they are doing is being rabid dogs shitting in the same plate they eat from and beating their chests about it. typical anglo type mental diseased bejaviors
just do it – aim hard at knesset and all hospitals and in particular offer a large reward to anyone who can specify the whereabouts of netanyahu (once that is known, start the carnage) – go for the throat of the illegal occupiers!!!
amerikan unleash 100 burgers—so disgusting given to worms by taliban
the hungry birds are coming to feed on the khazar carrion, nested like vermin in occupied palestine. karma served cold is a wonderful dish that the zionazi beast will never forget.