Last Saturday, April 13, Iran launched an attack with “dozens of drones” on Israelin the midst of the tension between both countries, after Israeli planes on April 1, according to the Foreign Ministers of Iran and Syriathey will attack the consulate building Iran in Damascus.
After the initial attack, Iran promised retaliation for the bombing of its consulate that killed seven members of the Guardians of the Revolution, the ideological army of the Islamic Republictwo of them with the rank of general.
The attack against Israel also occurs after the Iranian Revolutionary Guard kidnapped a ship in the Persian Gulflinked to the company 'Zodiac Maritime' owned by an Israeli billionaire and flying the Portuguese flag.
Most world leaders have called for containment to avoid an extension of the conflict in the Middle East.
Iran claims it captured Israeli-linked ship
The Government of Iran stated that it captured the cargo ship 'MSC ARIES', flying the Portuguese flag and linked to the Israeli company 'Zodiac Maritime', for violation of international maritime regulations.
“The ship was directed to Iranian territorial waters due to violation of international maritime regulations and lack of response to Iranian authorities,” said the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Naser Kananí, at a press conference.
Hezbollah takes responsibility for the explosion that injured 4 Israeli soldiers “within Lebanese territory”
The group Shiite Hezbollah He claimed responsibility for an explosion that this Monday injured four Israeli soldiers, one of them seriously, and assured that it occurred in a border area “within Lebanese territory”, where several explosive devices had previously been placed.
“After closely monitoring and anticipating the movements of enemy forces, Islamic Resistance fighters placed explosive devices in the area of Tel Ismail, adjacent to the border with occupied Palestine, within Lebanese territory,” the Shiite movement said in a statement.
President of Iran to travel to Pakistan amid tensions in the Middle East
The spokesperson of Iranian Foreign Ministry, Naser Kananí, was in charge of announcing today the future trip of the Iranian president, of which he did not specify the exact date and limited himself to indicating that it would occur “soon.”
Citing official sources, the Pakistani media Geo News stated that Raisí will travel to Islamabad on April 22, accompanied by a high-level delegation that will seek to restore the bilateral relationship between the two countries to the point where it was before the bombings.
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