Iran on Thursday formally blamed Israel for the weekend drone attack on a military facility in the Iranian city of Isfahan a few days after US officials speaking to the media said Israel was responsible.
In a letter to the UN Security Council, Iranian Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said he wanted to draw attention to “further instances of the Israeli regime’s acts of terrorism and sabotage as well as violations of international law against the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
According to the Iranian account, the attack was launched with three Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs), small quadcopter drones that Israel has employed in attacks inside Iran in the past. The letter said the drones targeted a “workshop” belonging to the Iranian Defense Ministry and did minor damage after being targeted by air defenses.
The letter mentioned threats against Iran made by Israeli officials and how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not deny Israel was behind the drone attack in an interview with CNN this week. “I never talk about specific operations… and every time some explosion takes place in the Middle East, Israel is blamed or given responsibility – sometimes we are sometimes we’re not,” Netanyahu said when asked about the attack.
The letter asked the Security Council to condemn the attack and said Iran has the right to respond. “The Islamic Republic of Iran reserves its legitimate and inherent right, in accordance with international law and the United Nations Charter, to defend its national security and respond resolutely to any threats or wrongful actions by the Israeli regime, wherever and whenever deemed necessary,” it said.
The Wall Street Journal first reported that Israel was behind the attack, citing unnamed US officials who stressed that it came as the US and Israel were discussing ways to counter Iran’s military capabilities, hinting at potential US involvement. Iran’s Permanent Mission to the UN told Newsweek that if the US is involved in any such attacks, it means war.
“In Iran’s perspective, the use of the military option at any level means US entry into the war,” the Mission said. But the Mission said that “for now,” the possibility that the US was involved is “weak.” A Pentagon spokesperson told Newsweek they could “confirm that no US military forces have conducted strikes or operations inside Iran.”
It is not a question of if but only when the US and Israel invade or attack Iran.Sounds like another step towards a major war involving many of Iran’s friends.Do these war lovers have a death wish?
Iran’s friends Who would that be? What country would go to war to help Iran?
If the mullahs had taken off the turbans and their robes in exchange for suits, they would have plenty of friends.
If people want to wear turbans,skullcaps,or G strings-that is of no relevance. People’s goals and behavior are what counts.
So true. Greater Israel comes to mind. Along with acts of terrorism such as assassinations, sabotages and unprovoked airstrikes on sovereign countries.
If you are implying that if mullahs acted normal, I agree with you. If they did act normal there would be no need for sanctions or military actions.
Behave Normal…?! You mean if they kiss US Ass…!
I am writing a story to help all Americans resist progressive democrats pushing war as one of the last US profit centers;
“The US is at war with Russia and Europeans will do the fighting. The US is at war with China, though it’s not settled that South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Australia will agree to do the fighting there. The US is at war with Iran, a country with the strongest coastal defenses on Earth. Russia has opened the Volga and Don rivers to Iranian shipping. This connects Iran to the Beijing-European freight route through Moscow and provides Iran with a safe and short shipping route to the Mediterranean sea.
“Russia, China, Iran, Cuba, North Korea and Venezuela are being prodded by a US war stance and bullying threats. Iran, the first empire on Earth, has not attacked anyone in six hundred years. Chess masters in Iran face grade b checker players with nukes. It’s definitely scary.
“Many other social economies are effected; What will Mexico, Indonesia, California, Brazil, Vietnam, South Korea and Argentina do?”
Gearóid Tóibín O’Conghaile
North Korea firing missiles over Japan.China does a war dance around Taiwan.Iran blows up an Israeli embassy and a Jewish cultural center in Argentina,but “has not attacked anyone”.Who is prodding who?
Where is any viable documented proof that Iran was responsible for that attack in Argentina?? Did Iran also blow up the King David Hotel also??? Hmmm…Israel likes false flags, as does the US….
And once again we’re back to 1994. You’d think you’d have a more current list of terrorist acts that Iran has done in recent times. You know, like assassinating scientists or sabotaging civilian nuclear facilities like the parasite does. Or maybe you can mention those cartoons again.
What a great Irish name; who’s more reasonable and noble than the Irish, who never gave up on shaking the British occupation?
Russia and China, you idiot 😝 ( Russia can take care of Ukrainazia with a tactical nuke pretty quickly.)
Wanna see oil shipments shut down when Iran mines the Straits of Hormuz? Hope you live in a warm climate and can walk where you need to go! I personally heat with wood and have a mare!
No Russia and China will not go to war for Iran, you idiot. Why would they do that? What would they gain?
As for mining the Straits of Hormuz, for how long? A week at best? How long do you think it would take for the US Navy to clear a path in the mine field? Not to mention the destruction of Iranian’s mine laying assets in a day or two. No surface ships, no aircraft and their subs sunk as soon as the come up for air and battery charge.
And do you have any idea how much oil the US gets from the Middle East? Take a guess or look it up.
Best get yourself a wood stove and a horse, Kenneth 😁
So you lack a fundamental understanding of the energy market in the USA. I can’t help that.
I guess you aren’t aware of the fact that Amerikkka does NOT own the oil it produces; Chevron does, and they can sell it to the highest bidder.
Get that wood stove now before they sell out! 😁
Too bad for you that well -trained horses are going for premium prices right now!—-not that you’d have the slightest idea what to do with one 😁
That is funny. And oh by the way, I own a Chevron stock, it has done very well for me.
I’m sure it has, considering they’re a monopoly.
You forget Iran is a leader in drone tech. Mines are a ww2 idea. One way satellite guided bombs with wings are what’s happening today.Look at what the US used to shoot down a balloon. Imagine the expenditure to save an aircraft carrier from a drone swarm, many of which save the cost of the bomb and fly empty. Then, when a 250k swarm finally does get through to the aircraft carrier water line, billions go down.
Yea, I’m not worried about Iran taking out the US Navy with drones. First of all there is not going be a 250K swarm attack. Second do you think that the US is not going to go after the source of drones? Not to mention taking out the Iranian satellites. And finally, carriers and tankers are big. It will take multiple drone hits to sink one. As I said, Iran can close the straight for maybe a week.
Many of Iran’s friends would include both Russia and China. That’s what makes a war with Iran a death wish, which is maybe what the Zionists have been craving all along.
As if UN gives a damn. More preparation and less whining should be the course of action.
As if the UN can do very much about anything,or do very much that is fair and just.
With reagards to Israel, that is accomplished with the US’ auto veto about anything nefarious Israel might do.
Iran has plenty of powerful allies, and has been preparing a response against Israeli state sponsored terrorism. In due time Israel will be taught a brutal lesson for its monstrous behavior in the illegally occupied territories and unjust attacks on Syria/Iran
“Iran has plenty of powerful allies” Who?
Does Russia and China count? How about India? Afghanistan?
No they don’t count, because Russia, China and India will not go to war to protect Iran. What do they care about Iran? They don’t. Afghanistan, seriously you got to kidding.
None of those countries need to go to war for Iran. But enough aid can put Israel in complete defense.