Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps commander Hossein Salami. (YouTube/Screenshot)
Iranian foreign ministry accuses Israel of ‘genocidal war,’ says Tehran is prepared to respond with ‘all available tools.’
By World Israel News Staff
The Iranian government threatened to escalate the ongoing conflict with Israel, saying Tehran is prepared to respond to Israeli retaliatory strikes conducted over the weekend.
On Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei denounced Israel for its airstrikes on Iranian military positions Saturday, while hinting at further escalations.
Over 100 Israeli air force jets struck Iranian military positions across Iran, Syria, and Iraq Saturday morning, more than three weeks after Iran launched nearly 200 ballistic missiles towards Israel.
At least four Iranian soldiers were killed in the Israeli reprisal.
Baghaei told reporters Monday that Iran “will use all available tools to deliver a definite and effective response to the Zionist regime,” without elaborating on Tehran’s plans.
According to the official Iranian state media outlet IRNA, Baghaei said Iran “reserves the right to respond” to Israeli “aggression in accordance with international law.”
Israel’s attacks on Iran over the weekend were grave “miscalculation by Israel,” Baghaei added, while accusing Israel of conducting a “genocidal war in occupied Palestine” and “genocide and crimes” in Lebanon.
Hossein Salami, chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, also alluded to possible reprisals by Iran on Israel for Saturday’s retaliatory strikes.
Israel, Salami said on Monday, “failed to achieve its ominous goals,” calling the strikes a sign of “miscalculation and helplessness.
Salami added that the “bitter consequences” for Israel “will be unimaginable.”
A day earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi condemned the United States for supporting Israel, blaming Washington for Saturday’s airstrikes.
“The Americans’ partnership in Israel’s operation is quite clear for us,” Araghchi said.
“The least they did was to provide Israel’s air force with a space corridor, and also, the defense equipment they earlier delivered to Israel is, in a way, considered complicity in this operation against Iran.”
“We maintain that the US partnership in Israel’s crimes and escalation of tension in West Asia is quite clear and Washington bears responsibility for it.”
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