The Iranian president reiterates that the end of the Hamas “operation” against Israel “will also mean the Zionist regime.”
MADRID, January 5 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi promised “revenge” by the “powerful” Iranian armed forces to those responsible for the double attack near the grave of Qasem Soleimani this Friday as part of a speech held during the funerals of the more than 80 victims of the attack, whose The Islamic State has taken responsibility.
“Be sure that the initiative today is in the hands of our powerful forces. The time and place of revenge against the enemy will be determined by us,” Raisi said, according to statements posted by the Iranian presidency on its website.
The president suggested to thousands of people who had gathered to attend funerals for the attack in Kerman that “the enemies know very well that Iran is powerful.” “The enemies have the power of the Islamic Republic seen and experienced many times,” he added.
“The enemy wanted to commit another crime in the region after the creation of the usurper and false Israeli regime and after 75 years of oppression of the Palestinian people,” he stressed, accusing these “enemies” of creating the jihadist group. Islamic state.
He also praised the figure of Soleimani, head of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, who died in a United States bombing in Iraq on January 3, 2020, stressing that he was responsible for the “resistance movement” in the region .” .
“Qasim did a great job destroying the enemy,” he stressed, pointing to the Quds Force chief's role in the Iraqi offensive against the jihadists, which was supported by pro-Iranian militias integrated into the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). were. .
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack on Thursday, which left 84 people dead and more than 250 injured. The attack occurred during a memorial march marking the fourth anniversary of Soleimani's death, attended by thousands of people and leading to the cemetery in Kerman where the Iranian general is buried.
ISRAEL IS “DESPERATE”
On the other hand, Raisi stressed that “the Zionist regime, armed to the teeth with the support of Western powers, is desperate after a hundred days of facing resistance forces that have no air force or navy and have limited armed forces. “Earth dwellers”.
“The end of the 'Al-Aqsa Flood' operation – as the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) officially calls the October 7 attacks on Israeli territory – will also mean the end of the Zionist regime,” he stressed. the Iranian president.
The Israeli army launched an offensive against the Gaza Strip following Hamas attacks that left about 1,200 people dead and nearly 240 kidnapped. Authorities in the enclave controlled by the Islamist group have so far reported more than 22,400 Palestinian deaths due to the Israeli offensive, in addition to more than 300 deaths in security force operations and settler attacks in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.