‘Crushing’ Iranian response began, says official news agency
IRNA says Iran has started what it called a “crushing” retaliation against the Israeli attacks.
“A few minutes ago, the decisive response to the Zionist Regime’s brutal attack began with the firing of hundreds of ballistic missiles at the occupied territories,” it said.
Israeli Iron Dome air defence system fires to intercept missiles over Tel Aviv, Israel
Iran vows decisive response to Israel’s ‘hit and run’ attacks
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said in a statement that Israel initiated a war and said it will not be allowed to do “hit and run” attacks without grave consequences.
“The Zionist regime [Israel] will not remain unscathed from the consequences of its crime. The Iranian nation must be guaranteed that our response will not be half-measured,” Khamenei said in a statement.
‘Our revenge will be painful’: Iranian senior official
An Iranian senior official has told Reuters that “nowhere in Israel will be safe, our revenge will be painful”. The official is reported to have told the news agency that Israel “will pay a high price for killing our commanders, scientists and people”.
IRGC says Iranian response targeted Israeli military bases
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says Iranian forces “carried out its crushing and precise response against dozens of targets, military centres and airbases” in Israel at the command of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
