Al Jazeera reported on Thursday that Iran has delivered a message to the US, saying it doesn’t want a regional war but warning that its “unilateral self-restraint” is over.
The message, delivered through Qatari meditators, said that “individual self-restraint” does not secure Iran’s “national security requirements.”
Iran also warned that if Israel launched an attack on Iran, it would be met with an “unconventional” response that would include the targeting of Israeli infrastructure.
The message comes as Israel is vowing to respond to the Iranian missile barrage that was launched on Tuesday, which was a response to the Israeli killings of Hamas’s political chief in Tehran, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, and a senior member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who was killed alongside Nasrallah.
Hamas’s political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed back on July 31 when he was at a heavily guarded guest house in Tehran, where he was visiting for the inauguration of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
Pezeshkian said last month that Iran waited to respond to the Haniyeh killing because of US warnings that it could interrupt Gaza ceasefire talks. “They told us earlier to prevent a larger war to wait another week or so for peace to be obtained,” he said. “Clearly the politicians that lie to us these days … lie to you as well.”
Now, Iran is making it clear that it will respond right away to any Israeli attack on its oil as the US and Israel are discussing options for potential retaliation. President Biden said Thursday that the idea of hitting Iran’s nuclear sites is being discussed.
I suspect this strike will come near, as close as possible, to the Election Day to ensure a continues transition to whomever becomes President.
Election is a month out…! Israel potential retaliation would happen sooner because airways for half of ME is closed to commercial flights…!
Israel/US can start a war with Iran… But Iran will finish the war for them…!
You don't know much about military power.
You don't know much about ANYTHING.
Tim thinks military power is killing Women and children from 20,000 feet.
He is also sensitive to the word "genocide"…!
Neither does the Pentagon who haven’t won a war in over 100 years
Don't worry. If Biden doesn't start this war, Netanyahu still has that winning war card in his back pocket. Does anyone still remember that speech clip promoting a war with Iran? It was of a Neocon describing how a submarine might not come back up to the surface?
As I said elsewhere: "About fucking time…"
Hopefully all the so-called "analysts" will stop talking about "Iran doesn't want a wider war…" as if that means a wider war is impossible. Iran may not want a wider war, but as I commented in a recent Substack post, all that means is "yeah, we'd rather win without one."
"That ain't gonna happen."
It is not in the interest of US or Israel to have a wider war with Iran…! Attack on US assets in the Gulf is the reason for US… And not being able to grab more land from Iran is the reason for Israel…!
Are Iran and Russia discussing hitting Israel's nuclear sites, too?
You would definitely hear That in US main stream media if that is correct or fabricated…!
Let’s hope the world’s self restraint with Israel is fast coming to an end.
You mean fear or pride…?!
I mean common sense and basic decency.
What is Unconventional response…? Would that mean Unconventional Counterattack…? If Israel thinks Iran has nuclear bombs, how would they have interpret it…?!
I think that they meant "unconventional" in a way that meant they wouldn't just target military installations. You know, like Israel's "conventional" way of doing war. Which means civilians, especially women and children, would be fair game.
But… The two words can also be mutually exclusive…!
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