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From the Liveblog of
Thursday, October 17, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, October 17, 2024
IRGC chief vows to respond ‘painfully’ if Israel attacks Iran
The head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hossein Salami, attends a military parade as part of a ceremony marking the country's annual army day in Tehran, on April 17, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps chief Hossein Salami warns of further retaliation against Israel if it attacks Iranian targets, which Israel has vowed to do after Iran’s missile attack on October 1.
“If you make a mistake and attack our targets, whether in the region or in Iran, we will strike you again painfully,” Salami says at the funeral of a Guards general killed in an Israeli strike alongside Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon last month.
