After Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz made belligerent remarks this week, a spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry warned Israel not to take any “stupid” actions against Tehran.
Saeed Khatibzadeh wrote Twitter Any action by Israel will be decisive Iran’s response.
“The Israeli regime has once again blatantly violated international laws and is now openly threatening Iran with military actions,” Khatibzadeh wrote on Twitter, which is prohibited in Iran. “This malicious behavior stems from blind support from the West.
“We made it clear: Any stupid actions against Iran will be responded decisively. Don’t test us.”
Gantz angered the Iranians this week, saying that Israel is Ready to strike Iran when necessary. “The world needs to deal with Iran, the region needs to deal with Iran, and Israel also needs to do its part in this situation,” Gantz told the news site Ynet on Thursday.
On Wednesday, Gantz met with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid. United Nations The ambassador of the Security Council briefed them on the latest situation of Iran’s activities.
“I emphasized to my international friends that now is the time to act-it is not enough to say it. Now is the time for diplomatic, economic and even military operations-otherwise the attack will continue,” Gantz said of the briefing.
Israel and Iran have long maintained a stable rhythm of threats. Attacks on commercial shipping in the Persian Gulf have interrupted years of tension; Israel’s covert actions against Iran’s nuclear program, including assassinations; Israel’s air strikes on Iran’s targets in Syria; Iran’s support of the attacks on Israel by its proxy allies in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.
Israel sees Tehran’s theocracy as an existential threat.President Joe BidenThe plan to unfreeze relations with Iran and restart the Joint Comprehensive Action Plan nuclear agreement would be a serious strategic setback for Israel-the leaders made no secret of their opposition to the US position.
Gantz claimed this week that Iran has 10 weeks before it has enough nuclear material to make a nuclear warhead. The JCPOA aims to limit Iran’s nuclear program and limit its enriched uranium to a level suitable only for civilian electricity use.
The Biden administration believes that JCPOA is the only realistic way to limit Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Over the years, secret military operations by Israel and the United States have failed to stop Tehran’s nuclear program, and hopes for regime change have been dashed.
Former president Donald Trump In 2018, I withdrew from JCPOA, thinking that the agreement is a weak agreement. JCPOA does not include restrictions on Iran’s ballistic missile program or the use of regional proxy militias to export Tehran’s authoritarian ideology.
Biden has stated that he hopes to use JCPOA as the basis for a broader agreement including ballistic missiles and regional influence, even though Tehran’s leaders have immediately rejected this proposal.
JCPOA negotiations are expected to resume later this month President Ibrahim Raisi Take office this week. Raisi-known as the “butcher” for his role in overseeing the mass executions of government opponents in the 1980s-is Conservative And close to the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
His election was interpreted as an indication that the government will seek to consolidate its authoritarian control of the country and strengthen its influence and militia alliances in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and the Palestinian Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
After the exchange of fire between Hezbollah and the Israel Defense Forces, the current tension on the Israeli-Lebanese border is increasing. The Israel Defense Forces launched artillery and air strikes on Thursday. Rocket launching Landed in northern Israel from Lebanon. It is not clear who launched the rocket.
Hezbollah said it responded by launching a series of rockets at the border on Friday, several of which were intercepted by the IDF.
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