The IRGC’s insistence on targeting Israel is “more about undermining his week-long presidency rather than covering the humiliation they have suffered,” said the presidential aide who spoke to The Telegraph from Tehran.
The New York Times first reported that Mossad planted bombs in the IRGC guesthouse where Haniyeh was staying to carry out the assassination.
Khamenei has threatened Israel with “severe punishment”.
On Thursday morning, a bout of gun-firing on Iran’s western border prompted Egyptian and British airlines to suspend flights over the country.
It sparked fears an attack could be coming in that time window.
“These recent exercises in the country’s western border are just to intimidate Mr Pezeshkian. Sepah [the IRGC] is very insistent on targeting Israel and they think it is easy,” a second aide to Mr Pezeshkian told The Telegraph.
“He has suggested targeting somewhere related to Israel in the Republic of Azerbaijan or [Iraqi] Kurdistan and let these countries know before that and get done with the whole drama.”
The president “does not feel humiliated as it happened hours after he was sworn in”.
He has also suggested arming the Lebanese Hezbollah with more sophisticated weapons and “letting them fight” with Iran’s intensified support.
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Don’t worry it’s likely iraqi Kurdistan anyway, it’s not the first time. Israel is too powerful to risk a war and Azerbaijan is a sovereign country. So they likely will just hit a Kurdish village or city and claim that it was a Mossad hideout/basis.
Azerbaijan is not Iran’s typical Middle Eastern backyard. There are a lot of internal and external dynamics that would deter such a foolish move. If the Iranian regime does violate Azerbaijan’s sovereignty anyway, then Azerbaijan might shut the borders to Iranian logistics trucks using the North-South route. Besides, it would incentivize Azerbaijan to expand collaboration with Israel against Iran.
I’m not sure Turkey would take kindly to Iran targeting Azerbaijan. This would also provoke a response by the large Azeri population within Turkey.
One day we will be free from Irans Islamic terror
Irgc clowning around
It will not be us, that we can be sure of. Way too many factors against that. To be honest, I don’t know what shall be done to take down that zionist apartheid regime, but as much as we can personally dislike Iran, we shall agree that they are necessary tool to bring zionist trash out.
Mullahs are getting desperate