The commander-in-chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, General Hossein Salami, warned this Sunday that Tehran will counterattack more severely that the bombings last night if Israel attacks its interests or citizens from any point.

“If the Zionist regime (Israel) attacks our interestsauthorities or citizens from any point, we will fight back“, has warned the head of Iran’s elite military corps and ideological army, as reported by ‘Press TV’. “Our reaction to any Israeli aggression will be more severe,” Salamí has ​​assured in statements to Iranian television.

Israel talks about “significant response” to Iranian attack

Israel, which had been warning for several days that Iranian retaliation was imminent, now plans to give a “meaningful response” to the Iranian attack, according to what an official who asked not to be identified told the Israeli channel ‘Channel 12’ last night.

For his part, Salami has declared that last night’s operation, in which hundreds of missiles and drones were fired at Israel, “was more successful than expected.” “Iran’s missiles were able to pierce the supposedly strong Israeli defenses,” he said, words that contradict Tel Aviv’s version that it intercepted 99% of the projectiles.

In this sense, the Israeli Army has assured that of the around 170 drones that Iran launched before midnight, none reached Israeli territory. In addition, it has indicated that it has intercepted 25 of some 30 cruise missiles and “most of the 120 ballistic missiles.”

Iran warns the US that it will attack its bases in the region if it supports Israel

Additionally, the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri, has warned the United States that Iran will attack its bases in the region if it supports an Israeli response to last night’s attacks. “Through the Swiss embassy, we send a message to the United States saying that if it cooperates with Israel in its possible actions against Iran, its bases (in the region) will not have any security and we will deal with them,” Baqerí declared in Iranian media.

Iran’s Defense Minister, Mohammad Reza Ashtiani, already warned last night that any country that allows the use of its airspace or territory to carry out attacks against Iranian soil You will receive a “strong” response.

The Iranian attack occurred in retaliation for the bombing of the consulate in Damascus on April 1 in which Six Syrians and seven members of the Revolutionary Guard died, and of which Tehran accused Tel Aviv. Among the dead was the leader of the Quds Forces branch for Syria and Lebanon, Brigadier General Mohamed Reza Zahedi.

Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, has repeatedly insisted in recent weeks that “the Zionist regime must be and will be punished,” threats that have been repeated by virtually every senior official in the country following the attack in Damascus.