{"id":2360564,"date":"2024-10-28T13:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T17:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-promises-vengeance-prudence-in-mixed-messages-after-israeli-attack-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-28T13:50:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T17:50:48","slug":"iran-promises-vengeance-prudence-in-mixed-messages-after-israeli-attack-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-promises-vengeance-prudence-in-mixed-messages-after-israeli-attack-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran promises vengeance, prudence in mixed messages after Israeli attack &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-promises-vengeance-prudence-in-mixed-messages-after-israeli-attack-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2360564&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Iran is\u200d currently \u2063sending mixed \u2064signals regarding\u200c its response to a recent Israeli attack\u200c on \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-orders-flags-at-half-mast-for-fallen-capitol-officers\/\" title=\"Trump Orders Flags at Half-Mast for Fallen Capitol Officers\">military facilities<\/a> within its borders, primarily targeting the Parchin base, believed to \u2063have connections to \u200dits past nuclear \u200bprogram. The Israeli strike resulted in damage to\u2063 multiple sites and claimed \u200dthe lives of four \u2064Iranian soldiers, raising fears of \u200bescalating\u2064 military conflict between the\u2063 two nations.<\/p>\n<p>While Iranian leaders publicly condemned\u200b the Israeli actions, their messages\u200b about a potential retaliatory response \u2062have varied. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei emphasized the need for Israel to understand Iranian capabilities, calling for his government to determine the appropriate course of action without issuing \u200da direct threat of violence. In contrast, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps voiced a desire \u200bfor \u200drevenge,\u200c promising\u2063 severe consequences for the attack.<\/p>\n<p>On a diplomatic front,\u200c Iranian \u200bofficials have adopted \u2064a \u2063more moderate stance, urging for international support regarding the violation of Iran&#8217;s sovereignty. Foreign\u2062 Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has reached out to the United \u2064Nations \u2062to request discussions centered on the implications of\u200c the Israeli strike, marking a tension-filled \u200dyet complex situation in the region.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Iran sends mixed messages over how to respond to Israel attack<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1847320\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Iranian officials<\/a> are sending mixed signals about how the Islamic republic plans to respond to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Israeli strikes \">Israeli strikes <\/a>within its borders.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3205386\/israel-pulls-punches-retaliatory-strike-iran-still-claims-inflicted-severe-damage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Israel launched a strike<\/a> on a network of military bases south of the capital city of Tehran early Saturday. One of the complexes struck by the missiles, Parchin military base, is believed to have once housed components of the regime&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pm-netanyahu-israel-will-not-allow-iran-to-obtain-a-nuclear-weapon\/\" title=\"PM Netanyahu: Israel will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon\">nuclear program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The strike, which targeted 20 facilities and reportedly killed four soldiers, generated fear that it would spark an escalation in the exchange of military action between the two Middle Eastern countries.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows damaged buildings at Iran&rsquo;s Khojir military base outside of Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 26, 2024. An Israeli attack on Iran damaged facilities at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/satellite-images-show-damage-from-israeli-attack-at-secretive-iranian-military-bases-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Satellite images show damage from Israeli attack at secretive Iranian military bases - Washington Examiner\">secretive military base southeast<\/a> of the Iranian capital that experts in the past have linked to Tehran&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">onetime nuclear weapons program<\/a> and at another base tied to its ballistic missile program, satellite photos analyzed Sunday by the Associated Press show. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-fact-checking-claims-about-levels-of-destruction-in-gaza\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Fact-Checking Claims About Levels Of Destruction In Gaza\">damaged structures<\/a> are in the bottom center of the image. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Iranian government has vehemently denounced Israel&rsquo;s actions, but leaders have conveyed conflicting ideas of what a hypothetical response will look like.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ali-khamenei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei<\/a> said after the strike that Israeli leaders &ldquo;still haven&rsquo;t been able to correctly understand the power, capability, ingenuity, and determination of the Iranian people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We need to make them understand these things,&rdquo; Khamenei said, according to state-affiliated outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasnimnews.com\/en\/news\/2024\/10\/28\/3187051\/irgc-commander-warns-israel-of-bitter-consequences-of-attack-on-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tasnim News Agency<\/a>, while falling short of a direct call for violent reaction. The ayatollah instead noted he was deferring to his government for the proper response.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Of course, our officials should be the ones to assess and precisely apprehend what needs to be done and do whatever is in the best interests of this country and nation. [Israel] must be made to realize who the Iranian people are and what the Iranian youth are like,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this photo released by the website of the Office of the Supreme Leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sits in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 27, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami explicitly stated his desire for vengeance, warning of &ldquo;bitter and unimaginable consequences&rdquo; for the &ldquo;illegitimate and unlawful&rdquo; attack.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the diplomatic wing of the Iranian government has taken a softer approach &mdash; downplaying the harm caused by Israel&rsquo;s latest attack but pushing for an international response to the violation of their sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IRIMFA_EN\/status\/1850602009176518786\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">issued a letter<\/a> to the United Nations requesting an immediate meeting to discuss Israel&rsquo;s &ldquo;blatant violation of the Islamic Republic of Iran&rsquo;s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as a breach of the principles of [&hellip;] the UN Charter.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows damaged buildings at Iran&rsquo;s Parchin military base outside of Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 27, 2024. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Although the majority of the projectiles were intercepted by Iran&rsquo;s defense systems, the Zionist regime&rsquo;s aggressive act caused damage to the targeted sites and, more importantly, resulted in the martyrdom of four members of the Islamic Republic of Iran&rsquo;s Armed Forces,&rdquo; Araghchi wrote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week&rsquo;s strike in Iran is the latest in a tit-for-tat exchange of attacks that began when the Israel Defense Forces used a remote detonation to kill high-ranking Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in his Tehran guesthouse.<\/p>\n<p>Iran responded on Oct. 1 by firing at least 180 missiles into Israel &mdash; an assault that was almost entirely neutralized by the Jewish state&rsquo;s expansive defense system.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">United States<\/a> has consistently urged caution and restraint on both sides of the conflict, warning that the continuation of the skirmishes could unintentionally erupt into a broad regional war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1847320\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1847320\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran&#8217;s response to Israeli attacks remains unclear, with officials sending mixed signals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2360566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP24301303860073.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4002,3823,4671,22182,20743],"class_list":["post-2360564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-attack","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-prudence","tag-vengeance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP24301303860073.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2360564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2360566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2360564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2360564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2360564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}