(L to R): Iran’s Supreme Leader; Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallah, killed by Israel on September 27, 2024, and Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s Quds Force commander, killed by the US in January 2020
EA on WION: What Now For Hezbollah After Israel’s Killing of Hassan Nasrallah?
EA on Australia’s ABC and Pat Kenny Show: Israel’s Airstrikes on Hezbollah and Lebanon
Reeling from Israel’s assassinations of Hezbollah’s command — including its long-time Hassan Nasrallah — and Iranian generals, Iran’s Supreme Leader has insisted that the “Resistance Front” will deliver “even more crushing blows” upon the Israelis.
Speaking hours after the confirmation that both Hezbollah leaders and Lebanese civilians were slain in Friday night’s bombing of a block in southern Beirut, Ayatollah Khamenei paid tribute to Nasrallah and his “martyrdom”.
“The dear Sayyid of the Resistance has received his reward for decades of jihad on the path of God and enduring hardships in a sacred struggle,” Khamenei posted. “The Islamic world has lost a noble figure, the Resistance Front has lost an eminent standard-bearer, and Lebanon’s Hezbollah has lost an unparalleled leader.”
The Supreme Leader insisted that Hezbollah and the Iran regime’s allies would be “strengthened due to his sacrifice and that of the other martyrs”. Then he proclaimed:
By the grace and power of God, the blows struck by the Resistance Front on the worn-out, deteriorating body of the Zionist regime will become even more crushing.
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) September 28, 2024
The Supreme Leader closed with the declaration of five days of national mourning.
While Khamenei has regularly pledged retaliation for Israel’s attacks, Iran’s regime has been unwilling or unable to do so.
In April, after a series of assassinations of its commanders and officials in Syria, Iran finally fired hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel. However, Tehran notified the Israelis via other countries in advance. No drones and only nine missiles landed on an Israeli base in the sparsely-populated Negev desert; the sole casualty was a seriously-wounded Bedouin girl.
See also EA on International Outlets: Iran’s “Demonstration” Attacks on Israel
On July 31, Israel assassinated Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh in an apartment in Tehran. Despite the embarrassment over the security lapse and Khamenei’s declarations of revenge, the regime had yet to respond before Friday’s strike in Beirut.
See also Israel’s Deadly — But Inconclusive — Message With Killing of Hamas Leader Haniyeh
Iranian Brigadier General Killed
The commander of Iran’s Quds Force in Lebanon, Brig. Gen. Abbas Nilforoushan was among the slain in the destruction of Hezbollah’s underground headquarters in the Beirut block.
Nilforoushan was a Revolutionary Guards Deputy Commander, overseeing the Operations Command since 2019. The Command’s remit included Iranian interventions in Lebanon and propping up Syria’s Assad regime as it repressed protests and killed hundreds of thousands of civilians and displaced more than 11 million since March 2011.
He was sanctioned by the US in October 2022 for his role in “protest suppression”.
The general, 58, began his career at the age of 14 as a volunteer in the Basij paramilitary force. He fought in the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s, rising to deputy operation commander of an Iranian division.
White House believes Iran is preparing imminent ballistic missile attack against Israel: https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/01/politics/iran-missile-attack-israel/index.html
This won’t happen before Friday and probably not until much later. Iran has no choice but to respond massively to the killing of its commander and injuring of its ambassador in Lebanon. The Iranian military is confident it can cause serious damage to Israel, unlike the demonstration strikes in April, and can thwart Israeli retaliation. The credibility of Islamic Republic is on the line. Iran has prepared for this for over 20 years now. The risk of inaction exceeds that of action.
reza you are so stupid!
“…The credibility of Islamic Republic is on the line….”
Just remember, YOU said that.
So far, this round of 200 missiles accomplished even less than than the last time.
Israeli air base hit by Iranian attack, new videos show: https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-lebanon-war-hezbollah-10-1-24-intl-hnk#cm1qxfgob000v3b6q9hrg67x8
“As the camera pans skyward, dozens of rocket trails can be seen falling toward the base. Sirens are heard wailing in the background. Then, in both videos, a single interceptor missile can be seen rising from a battery near the base before it travels out of frame. The control tower at the air base can be seen in one of the videos as the missiles begin to impact and explode. Smoke begins to rise across the area of the base, as the sound of more impacts is heard, and more explosions are seen.”
Interestingly, the IDF spokesman himself has reported that only “quite a few interceptions” rather than “almost all” as he did last time: https://vinnews.com/2024/10/01/idf-declares-end-to-missile-threat-from-iran-residents-can-safely-exit-shelters/
“Throughout the defense efforts, we conducted several interceptions. There have been some impacts in central and southern regions of the country,” Hagari stated.”
The WH is claiming the attack was a “failure” and “ineffective” but videos uploaded to social media and captured by film crews disproves this.
“The Supreme Leader closed with the declaration of five days of national mourning.”
And in the meantime, not a word of 55 iranian miners who were killed in the mining incident near Tabas.
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