Iran Guards commander warns Israel of swift revenge for any soldiers killed

Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="An Iranian military holds Iran" s="" national="" flag="" taking="" part="" during="" a="" rally="" marking="" the="" anniversary="" of="" Islamic="" at="" Azadi="" square="" in="" Feb.="" The="" event="" marks="" which="" came="" ten="" days="" after="" Ayatollah="" Ruhollah="" Khomeini="" returned="" from="" his="" exile="" Paris="" to="" toppling="" monarchy="" system="" and="" forming="" Republic.="" Abedin="" EPA-EFE="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/03/24/iran.jpg"/><figcaption>An Iranian military holds Iran&#x27;s national flag taking part during a rally marking the 43rd anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, at the Azadi (Freedom) square in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 11 2022. The event marks the 43rd anniversary of the Islamic revolution, which came ten days after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from his exile in Paris to Iran, toppling the monarchy system and forming the Islamic Republic. <em>Abedin Taherkenareh, EPA-EFE/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>DUBAI - Iran&#x27;s Revolutionary Guards warned Israel on Wednesday that it would face swift revenge attacks if it continues to target members of the elite force in the Middle East, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.</p><p>&quot;Be aware that we will not only take part in the funeral of our martyrs, but also immediately take their revenge. This is a real and serious message. If your mischief is repeated, you will once again experience our attacks and suffer the bitter taste of our missile blows,&quot; Tasnim quoted Revolutionary Guards Commander-in-Chief Hossein Salami, addressing Israel, as saying.</p><p>The Guards claimed responsibility for a March 13 attack on what they called &quot;Israeli strategic centers&quot; in Erbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. A dozen missiles launched from Iran hit what the Iraqi Kurdish regional government described as &quot;civilian residential areas&quot;. </p><p>The attack was seen as Iranian retaliation for Israel&#x27;s killing of members of the Revolutionary Guards in Syria, a close ally of Iran, in an airstrike on March 7. </p><p>&quot;In recent weeks you have seen how Zionists are always wrong in their calculations and have been targeted by Revolutionary Guards missiles. We are warning them that they should cease their mischief or we will bury them alive,&quot; Salami added.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/03/04/22/saudi-crown-prince-says-israel-potential-ally">Saudi Crown prince says Israel &#x27;potential ally&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said shortly after the March 7 Israeli airstrike that it was the seventh of its kind in Syria this year and that the target was a weapons and ammunition depot near Damascus airport.</p><p>Israel rarely comments on airstrikes in Syria, of which it has carried out hundreds since the start of that country&#x27;s civil war in 2011.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5QV-Jul0uW4?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

The Guards claimed responsibility for a March 13 attack on what they called 'Israeli strategic centers' in Erbil, northern Iraq.

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Iran Guards commander warns Israel of swift revenge for any soldiers killed

Iran Guards commander warns Israel of swift revenge for any soldiers killed

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Published Mar 24, 2022 09:06 AM PHT

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