Ex-IRGC Chief Sees Slim Odds of Major Israeli Action against Iran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A former commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) ruled out the possibility of the Zionist regime staging a major strike against Iran, saying Tehran has prepared plans for a retaliatory response multiple times harsher than any Israeli attack.
Speaking to reporters in Tehran on Tuesday, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said Israel is too small to carry out an attack against Iran.
He said the Zionist regime might launch a “desperate, limited and small-scale attack” to boast that it has reacted to Iran’s most recent missile strike, but it definitely cannot carry out a strike commensurate with the operation True Promise II.
The general said he can confidently and definitely assure the Iranian people that the Zionist regime will not take any major or considerable measure, noting that whatever it does will be a mere desperate attempt.
Major General Jafari stated that Iran’s response to a possible Israeli attack will depend on the intensity of the enemy’s strike, warning that Tehran has already prepared plans to show a reaction multiple times greater than any act of aggression.
On October 1, Iran responded to the Israeli assassination of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah Secretary General Seyed Hassan Nasrallah, and IRGC general Abbas Nilforoushan by launching as many as 200 ballistic missiles toward the Zionist regime’s military and intelligence bases all over the occupied Palestinian territories.
While the Zionist regime has threatened to retaliate, Iranian officials have warned that Tehran’s reciprocal response to any Israeli action will be harsh, proportional and well-calculated.