The conflict is becoming increasingly fierce and risks leading to open war. Iran “reserves its legitimate and inherent right, under international law and the Charter of the United Nations, to respond firmly at the appropriate time when deemed necessary.” This is what the Iranian ambassador to the UN, Amir Saeed Iravani, said in a letter to the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, following the assassination, on Monday, in Syria, of Seyed Razi Mousavi, general of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution ( the Iranian Pasdaran) described by Tehran as “military advisor on Syria”.
In the text published by the official Iranian agency IRNA, the ambassador speaks of “alarming and recurring terrorist attacks by the Israeli regime in Syria”. According to Iravani, the general – who was “on a mission to support the Syrian Army in the anti-terrorism campaign near Damascus” – was killed “by three missiles fired from Israeli regime positions in the occupied Golan Heights” in what Tehran labels as a “terrorist act”.
Furthermore, Iranian Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani announced that the Islamic Republic will “give a firm response” to Israel following the assassination of commander Mousavi. Ashtiani also speaks of a “terrorist act” that “will not go unanswered”, a threat of “a response that will come at the right time and place”.
Source: IL Tempo

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