With the Iranian threat to respond to Israel after it bombed the Iranian consulate in Damascus this week and killed leaders in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and amid fears of a possible escalation, the Israeli army is mobilizing its forces, calling in reserve soldiers to strengthen its defenses, and stopping granting leave to all its units.
Israeli precautionary measures come at a time when Iran, through its officials and leaders, renews its threat to Israel to pay the price for what it did in the Syrian capital, Damascus.
Former Iranian diplomat Muhammad Mehdi Shariatmadar, speaking to the Sky News Arabia newsroom, indicated that the Iranian response was not delayed, but that Iran chose the appropriate time and place to respond without being led by media provocations.
The Iranian street, Iranian and non-Iranian elites, experts and analysts expect a response not only to the operation carried out by the Israeli entity in Damascus recently, but also to the ongoing criminal operations carried out by this entity.
Iran will not be affected by the pressures imposed on it by the United States of America.
The Iranian response will not be imminent, according to American estimates, but will be planned carefully and away from all attempts at pressure.
The Iranian response will not be to the embassies, but rather it will be a harsh and painful multilateral response from within Iran.
The United States does not want to confront Iran.
Iran announced that the response to the assassination carried out by the United States by eliminating Qasem Soleimani will be by expelling the Americans from the region.
Qassem Soleimani has no connection to any terrorist act.
Iran opposes foreign presence in the region until the withdrawal of American forces.
Iranian missiles can reach Palestinian territories, Israeli institutions, and more with high precision.
By building its power and strengthening the so-called “axis of resistance” in the region, Iran succeeded in standing up to all conspiracies and changing the balance of power.
The changing balance of power in the region has put the Americans and Israelis in a “state of helplessness.”
Protest demonstrations against Israel took place in more than 480 cities around the world.
Iran stands in the face of American plans that have brought destruction to the region.
Director of the American Middle East Alliance for Democracy, Tom Harb, says that the meeting at the Iranian consulate was not with Iranian officials and officials from Arab countries, but rather with a group of officials from the Revolutionary Guard and groups planning terrorist acts in the region. He says that the Israeli bombing of the consulate was in self-defense, just as was the case when America bombed Qassem Soleimani and others.
The Iranian response will not be ground logistics, but will be through its Hezbollah arm in the region.
Iran’s response will be by launching ballistic missiles, which will increase military tension to an extent that requires American intervention in the region, and this will not be in Iran’s interest.
It is not possible to determine where the Iranian response will come from through its use of ballistic missiles.
Iran supports Hamas, the Houthis, and Hezbollah in the region and is the main mastermind of all operations in the region.
Iran has caused harm and destruction to countries in whose affairs it has interfered.
The United States has always supported Israel and the people of the Arab countries that have provided much for the Palestinian cause, and the Palestine issue continues to be at the forefront of Arab positions.
Iran is keen to exploit the Palestinian issue to expand its plan and impose its influence in the region at the expense of the Arab countries that exploited it and caused destruction.
Wherever the United States is, there is stability and prosperity.
