Iran and Hizbollah on Tuesday vowed to retaliate after a suspected Israeli air strike on Tehran’s consulate in Damascus killed seven Revolutionary Guard officers, including two ranking commanders.
Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi said that Monday night’s strike in the Syrian capital “would not go unpunished”, as the Supreme National Security Council of Iran convened an emergency meeting in the hours following the attack.
Hizbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese militia that has traded near-daily missile strikes with Israel, blamed Israel for the “assassination” of the guard officers, who included a prominent commander, Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Zahedi.