Speaking about Iran’s attacks on Israel, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said the actions of the Joe Biden administration led to these “horrible events.”
“The Biden administration’s subversion of Israel and connivance of Iran contributed to these horrific events,” Johnson wrote on his social media
Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Marco Rubio wrote on the same social media platform that Iran’s attack on Israel would be “larger” than originally expected.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said late Sunday that it was launching attacks on Israeli territory in response to an Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Syria in early April . It is reported that the attack involved dozens to hundreds of missiles and drones, including the “Shahed” kamikaze drone.
The Israel Defense Forces said the armed forces were on high alert. The Pentagon said it would support Israel, while Iran’s mission to the United Nations described the unfolding events as a conflict between Tehran and Tel Aviv, urging Washington to “stay away.”
On April 1, the Israeli Air Force attacked the Iranian Consulate General building in Damascus, the capital of Syria. According to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, seven officers were killed at the time, including two senior advisory generals, Mohammad-Reza Zahedi, the senior commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and his deputy Haji Haji. Brigadier General Rahimi. Tehran said it reserved the right to respond.
