Exactly a month after Israel launched its retaliatory strikes on Iran in response to Iran’s Oct. 1 ballistic missile attack on Israel, Iran is growing more vocal about a possible response to Israel, even with a Hezbollah-Israel cease-fire imminent.
Throughout November, Iran’s rhetoric had seemed to cool, but now, with a cease-fire between Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel increasingly likely, Iran has turned the heat back up.
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri promised a fierce response to Israel’s Oct. 26 strikes on Iran.
Iran’s response will be “beyond imagination,” Baqeri said during a meeting in Tehran with Iran's top military commanders on Tuesday, according to the state news agency IRNA.
“Iran will never stand any violation against its soil,” Baqeri said, adding, “The Zionist regime is in sheer desperation these days in both Gaza and southern Lebanon.”
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's adviser Ali Larijani told Iran’s IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News on Sunday, “Military officials are planning various strategies to respond to Israel.”
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