Israel destroys annex of Iran’s headquarters in Syria, killing 11

Damascus. An Israeli bombing yesterday destroyed an annex of the Iranian embassy in Syria and killed at least 11 people, including seven members of the Revolutionary Guards, including two senior commanders. Tehran promised to respond decisive to this unprecedented attack and requested that the United Nations (UN) Security Council condemn the offensive.

The army of the Islamic Republic confirmed the death of seven of its members, including two senior commanders of the Quds Force – its foreign operations arm –, Mohamad Reza Zahedi and Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi.

The attack destroyed the entire building, killing and injuring everyone inside, and work is underway to recover the bodies and rescue the injured from the rubble.stated the Syrian Ministry of Defense, while emergency services were searching for victims under the remains.

Only the door of the building remained standing, with a sign that mentioned consular section of the Iranian embassy.

The Iranian ambassador to Syria, Hossein Akbari, who was unharmed, assured his country’s state television that the bombing was carried out with “combat aircraft.” F-35 and six missiles.”

Iran asked the Security Council to convene an urgent meeting to discuss the heinous and hateful terrorist attack against the diplomatic facilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Syrian Arab Republic and? given the wide-ranging consequences of these horrific crimes, which may aggravate tensions in the region and potentially lead to further conflict with other countries, stop the criminal act and terrorist attack by the Israeli regime and condemn it in the strongest termsreported the official Iranian news agency, Irna.

This coward action involves a clear violation of the United Nations Charter, international laws and the fundamental principle of immunity of diplomatic and consular officescontinues the letter sent to the UN, and cites the 1961 Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 1973 Vienna Convention.

Emergency services work among the rubble of the Iranian embassy building in Damascus after the Israeli missile attack. Photo Ap/Sana

The text indicates that the bombing was carried out with missiles launched from the Golan Heights, occupied by Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu completely lost his mental balance due to the successive failures of the Israeli regime in Gaza and the inability to achieve the ambitious goals of the Zionistssaid Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian.

Asked by journalists about this bombing, the spokesman for the Israeli army, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, responded that he did not comment on reports from the foreign press.

The Russian government called the attack unacceptable.

The Hezbollah movement, backed by Iran, claimed that the bombing will not pass without the enemy being punished and receiving revenge.

Hamas joined the condemnations in the strongest terms and stated that it represented a dangerous climbing.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in the United Kingdom, highlighted that this action occurred three days after other Israeli attacks in Syria in which 53 people died, including 38 Syrian soldiers and seven Hezbollah militiamen.