Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmayeel Khatib lauded the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) for launching successful missile attacks on Israeli centers in Iraqi Kurdistan region.
Khatib on Friday praised the IRGC for conducting a “timely” and “powerful” missile raid on positions of Israel’s Mossad spy agency in Iraqi Kurdistan region in response to the regime’s evil acts.
Israel only shortens its existence through its own acts of mischief, he said, warning that all those who either aid the regime or play host to it will pay the price for their actions.
The IRGC’s response, Khatib added, will contribute to the security of the people and the Islamic establishment.
“Anyone who provides support or plays host to this anti-Islam, anti-religion and anti-human regime should know that it will eventually pay the price,” the intelligence minister said.
Khatib said the enemies of Iran have been doing everything in their power to counter the Islamic Revolution.
“They were once after reaching the borders of Islamic Iran arrogantly through the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan so that they can overcome the country, but [instead] they either left or are leaving the region in disgrace,” he added.
In a statement last Sunday, the IRGC claimed responsibility for a missile attack against Israel’s strategic center for conspiracy and evil, warning Tel Aviv that any wrong move will not go unanswered.
In reaction to the event, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that Iran will never tolerate existence of a center of plotting on its borders.
IRGC Spokesman General Ramezan Sharif announced on Friday that the IRGC will not hesitate to strike other Israeli bases in Iraqi Kurdistan Region if its officials do not dismantle them.
“If Iraqi officials do not take action to remove other bases of the Zionists in that country while our security continues to be threatened from this region, we will respond without hesitation,” General Sharif said.
He reiterated that “the Zionists had admitted themselves that their drones” which flew over a military base in Iran’s Kermanshah Province had taken off from their bases in Erbil (capital city of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region).
“It is our natural right to destroy any base from which any attack is carried out against the security of Iran and this is a redline for us,” General Sharif said.
He pointed out that Iranian ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi had on several occasions warned the Iraqi Kurdistan Region about the presence of the Mossad base, which was recently attacked by the IRGC.
Last week, Scores of ballistic missiles hit secret Mossad bases in Erbil, reportedly leaving several Israeli operatives dead.
Citing security sources, Iraq’s Sabereen News reported that two Mossad training centers were targeted by ballistic missiles in the early hours of Sunday.
Al-Mayadeen said a Mossad base on the Masif-Saladin street in Erbil was “fully razed to the ground and a number of Israeli mercenaries were killed or injured”.
In a relevant development earlier this week, Iranian lawmakers in a statement voiced support for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ strong and eye-catching attack on the Zionist regime of Israel.
“The Iranian parliament supports the strong action taken to target the Zionist regime’s center of plot and evil through the IRGC precision missiles with pinpoint accuracy,” 213 out of 290 parliamentarians said via the statement at the end of their open session on Tuesday.
According to the Iranian parliament’s statement, the IRGC has a good record in the fight against terrorism and the advisory presence in regional countries.
Further, parliamentarians reiterated that “global peace and security should be preserved and the illegitimate regime’s evil and brutal acts should be condemned”.
