Iran will deliver a “definitive and painful” response to Israel’s recent attack on its territory, likely before the US presidential election on November 5, CNN reported Wednesday, citing an anonymous senior source.
The source, apparently an Iranian with knowledge of deliberations in Tehran, told the network: “The response of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Zionist regime’s aggression will be definitive and painful.”
The series of Israeli strikes early Saturday morning were themselves a response to a massive ballistic missile attack launched by Tehran at Israel on October 1. In an hours-long operation, dozens of Israeli aircraft targeted strategic military sites across Iran — specifically drone and ballistic missile manufacturing and launch sites, as well as air defense batteries — with explosions reported in the areas of Tehran, Karaj, Isfahan and Shiraz.
White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre reiterated the US position Wednesday that Iran should not respond to Israel’s strikes.
“If they do, we will support Israel in defending itself, but they should not,” she said at a news briefing.
Iran will deliver a “definitive and painful” response to Israel’s recent attack on its territory, likely before the US presidential election on November 5, CNN reported Wednesday, citing an anonymous senior source.
The source, apparently an Iranian with knowledge of deliberations in Tehran, told the network: “The response of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Zionist regime’s aggression will be definitive and painful.”
The series of Israeli strikes early Saturday morning were themselves a response to a massive ballistic missile attack launched by Tehran at Israel on October 1. In an hours-long operation, dozens of Israeli aircraft targeted strategic military sites across Iran — specifically drone and ballistic missile manufacturing and launch sites, as well as air defense batteries — with explosions reported in the areas of Tehran, Karaj, Isfahan and Shiraz.
White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre reiterated the US position Wednesday that Iran should not respond to Israel’s strikes.
“If they do, we will support Israel in defending itself, but they should not,” she said at a news briefing.
At his own press briefing, US State Department Spokesperson Mathew Miller said he would not offer an assessment “as to what [Iran] may or may not do, but we believe that they should not respond.”
Iran will deliver a “definitive and painful” response to Israel’s recent attack on its territory, likely before the US presidential election on November 5, CNN reported Wednesday, citing an anonymous senior source.
The source, apparently an Iranian with knowledge of deliberations in Tehran, told the network: “The response of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Zionist regime’s aggression will be definitive and painful.”
The series of Israeli strikes early Saturday morning were themselves a response to a massive ballistic missile attack launched by Tehran at Israel on October 1. In an hours-long operation, dozens of Israeli aircraft targeted strategic military sites across Iran — specifically drone and ballistic missile manufacturing and launch sites, as well as air defense batteries — with explosions reported in the areas of Tehran, Karaj, Isfahan and Shiraz.
White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre reiterated the US position Wednesday that Iran should not respond to Israel’s strikes.
“If they do, we will support Israel in defending itself, but they should not,” she said at a news briefing.
At his own press briefing, US State Department Spokesperson Mathew Miller said he would not offer an assessment “as to what [Iran] may or may not do, but we believe that they should not respond.”
Miller said the Israeli strikes were “an appropriate response by the government of Israel to an unprecedented attack by Iran, but this should be the end of it.”
While declining to comment on any communication there may have been between Washington and Tehran, Miller said the US has “made clear publicly — and I can tell you that Iran knows this message quite clearly — they should not in any way continue to escalate this conflict.”
