Iran’s Revolutionary Guard chief claims Israel is ‘digging its own grave’

The head of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard threatens Israel after the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

Hossein Salami, speaking to journalists at an event, warns that Israel is “digging its own grave” with its actions in its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

“When they receive a blow, they will notice they are making mistakes. They are making mistakes all the time,” Salami says in his speech at the Day of the Journalists event. “They will see the result of their mistake. They will see when, how and where they will get their response.”

Salami also touches on long-held suspicions about an Israeli assassination program targeting Iran’s nuclear scientists amid concerns over the country’s atomic program. Iran now enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels — to levels that have no civilian use — but claims its program is peaceful.

“Israel is the cradle of terrorism and it has been created out of killing and murder,” he alleges. “They think they can kill the nuclear scientists of another country and impede that country’s path toward peaceful nuclear technology. They think that by killing the leader of a resistance group… in another country will give them more time to live.”

He adds: “They are just digging their own grave.”