Tensions are growing between Iran and Israel, while Benjamin Netanyahu's war cabinet is considering a response after the unprecedented attack in Tehran last weekend. This Thursday, April 18, the Islamic Republic indicated that a review of its nuclear program is likely, which until now it has assured is for peaceful purposes. The warning comes despite the European Union announcing that it will impose new sanctions on Iran. Meanwhile, a report from The New York Times exposes that the forces of the Jewish-majority State were behind the assault on the Iranian consulate in Syria, which unleashed the fury of Ebrahim Raisi's Administration. So far Israel has not claimed responsibility for this aggression.
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Iran expands its warnings and raises concerns about the possible extension of a conflict in the Middle East.
The commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and in charge of the country's atomic security, Commander Ahmad Haghtalab, assured this Thursday, April 18, that Tehran could review its “nuclear doctrine.”
A review of our nuclear doctrine and policy is entirely possible
Their warnings come amid threats of Israel, whose war cabinet evaluates a probable retaliation attack against the Islamic Republic after the assault on Israeli soil last weekend.
An onslaught thwarted mainly by the defenses of the United States, but unprecedented. It was the first time that Iran launched a direct attack against its adversary.
“A review of our nuclear doctrine and policy, as well as previously communicated considerations, is entirely possible,” Haghtalab stressed to the semi-official Tasnim news agency, cited by Reuters.
On Saturday, April 13, Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles into Israeli territory, in what it claimed was retaliation for the assault on its consulate in Damascus, Syria, which occurred on April 1 and of which it accuses the State Army. Jewish majority.
Although “almost all” of the projectiles were shot down, as Washington noted, the frustrated attack unleashed greater tension with Israel, which insists that it will respond, as well as condemnation from most of the international community.
On Wednesday, April 17, the European Union (EU) announced that it will take new measures against Iran, related to the production of drones and missiles, for its unprecedented attempt at aggression against Israeli territory.
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Iran insists that its attack on Israel was a response to the attack on its consulate in Syria on April 1, of which it accuses Netanyahu's Army.
'NYT': Israel was behind the attack that unleashed Iran's unprecedented assault
The American newspaper, which quotes officials from Israel and the United States on condition of anonymity, reported that Benjamin Netanyahu's troops were behind the attack on the Iranian diplomatic headquarters, which unleashed the new escalation of tensions between the two historical adversaries.
The Israelis had miscalculated, thinking that Iran would not react forcefully.
The report noted that Israeli officials “miscalculated” the severity of Iran's response following the assault in which 13 people were killed. They included seven military advisers, including Mohamed Reza Zahedi, a senior commander of the Quds Force, the foreign operations arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
“The Israelis had miscalculated badly, thinking that Iran would not react forcefully, according to several US officials who participated in high-level discussions after the attack, a view shared by a senior Israeli official,” 'NYT' reported.
Likewise, two officials from Benjamin Netanyahu's Administration assured that Israel planned that attack for two months.
The sources also indicated that Washington expressed its annoyance to its ally, because he only informed him minutes before launching that offensive. Furthermore, it was communicated to him as a “low-level notification”, despite the importance of what happened.
Two days after the assault on the Iranian diplomatic headquarters, in a phone call, the US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, “complained directly” to the Israeli Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, and stressed that this action would put at risk to US regional forces, the report added.
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