Israel - October 01, 2024

Iran has vowed more crushing attacks if Israel retaliates Iran's missile attack Tuesday evening.

In a post on X early Wednesday morning, Iran's Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi said Iran on Tuesday evening "exercised self-defense" under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, "targeting solely military and security sites in charge of genocide in Gaza and Lebanon."

He added that Iran took the action after exercising "tremendous restraint for almost two months, to give space for a ceasefire in Gaza."

Iran's action was concluded unless Israel would decide to "invite further retaliation," a scenario in which Tehran's response would be "stronger and more powerful," he said.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on social media platform X Tuesday evening that the strikes of the resistance front will be "stronger against the Zionist regime."

The resistance front is a term often used to refer to an unwritten regional coalition comprising mainly Shiite countries and groups in West Asia, which seek to fight Israel and end its occupation of the Palestinian territories and free the region from the West's domination.

Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Mohammad Bagheri said on state TV Tuesday evening that the latest military action would be repeated and all infrastructure in Israel would be targeted, if Israel continues to commit crimes or violate Iran's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Bagheri said the Tuesday military action attacked targets including bases of Israeli intelligence service Mossad, strategic radars and tanks.

Iran's Permanent Mission to the United Nations said on X Tuesday evening that "Iran's legal, rational, and legitimate response to the terrorist acts of the Zionist regime -- which involved targeting Iranian nationals and interests and infringing upon the national sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran -- has been duly carried out. Should the Zionist regime dare to respond or commit further acts of malevolence, a subsequent and crushing response will ensue."

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said in statements on Tuesday that it launched dozens of ballistic missiles on strategic centers in Israel in retaliation for Israel's assassinations of Hamas Politburo Chief Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and senior IRGC commander Abbas Nilforoushan, as well as its intensification of "malicious acts" with the U.S. support in its offensives against Lebanese and Palestinian peoples.

Shotlist:
Israel - Oct 1, 2024:
1. Various of missiles in sky, Iron Dome system intercepting missiles launched by Iran;
Beijing, China - Oct 2, 2024
2. Graphics showing X post by Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei;
3. Graphics showing X post by Iran's Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi;
FILE: Israel - Nov 1, 2022
4. Various of Israeli Parliament Knesset, national flag of Israel;
FILE: Erez Crossing, Israel - Jan 18, 2024
5. Various of Israel's military vehicles passing Erez Crossing, Israeli troops;
FILE: Tel Aviv, Israel - June 2021
6. National flag of Israel;
FILE: Tel Aviv, Israel - April 7-8, 2019
7. Various of buildings, traffic;
Beijing, China - Oct 2, 2024
8. Graphics showing X post by Iran's Permanent Mission to the United Nations;
FILE: Tehran, Iran - Date Unknown
9. Various of national flags of Iran, traffic.

[Restriction - No access Chinese mainland/Al-Arabiya/Persian language TV Stations outside Iran. Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International TV]