— 🇮🇷/🇮🇱 Iranian Foreign Minister, Nasser Kanaani: 'The Islamic Republic of Iran reserves the right to respond & to determine the type of retaliation and punishment against the aggressor'

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Yes, but at the very least, Iran needs to deliver a direct response to Israel, unlike previously.

Simply striking a Mossad safehouse in Iraq or striking targets in Syria won't be an appropriate response anymore.

Attacking an Iranian Embassy is a red line, it is equivalent to striking Iran directly, and I hope the leadership understands that.

For example, there are plenty of Israeli consulates outside of Israel that can be considered legitimate targets.

🏴‍☠⚡️The enemy’s Minister of War threatens: We will strike Hezbollah not only in Beirut, Baalbek, Nabatieh, Sidon, Tyre, and Damascus, but in more distant places, and we will shift from defense to attack.
Wherever we need to act, we will act!

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— 🇮🇶/🇯🇴 BREAKING: Abu Ali Al-Askari, spokesman of the Iraqi Kataeb Hezbollah brigade:

'We in the Islamic Resistance of Iraq are ready to equip 12.000 Islamic Resistance fighters in Jordan with light and medium weapons, anti-tank launchers, missiles, millions of bullets, and tons of explosives, in order to cut off the land routes leading to Israel.'

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— 🇸🇪 NEW: Salwan Momika, a man who burnt the Holy Quran several times in Sweden, was found dead in Norway

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— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷/🇸🇾 BREAKING: Large red alert in the occupied Golan Heights

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— 🇮🇷/🇺🇸 NEW: Iran's Foreign Minister, Amir Abdollahian, says Iran informed the U.S. via the Swiss embassy that Iran will hold the U.S. responsible as a supporter of the Zionist regime, & that America will also be held accountable for today's attack

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— 🇮🇷 Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Khamenei:

'The evil Zionist regime will be punished at the hands of our brave men. We will make them regret this crime and others like it, by God's will.'

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— 🇮🇷/🇹🇷 NEW: In a phone call, Iran's President Ibrahim Raeesi told President Erdogan that 'Turkey's hypocritical relations with Israel are not hidden from our eyes' – Turkey Channel 2

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— 🏴🇮🇷 NEW: Two terrorists from ISIS-K were identified and arrested in Qom while entering the Fatima Masoomah Shrine, where they planned to commit a terrorist act

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🇮🇷 The flag will not fall.

— 🇮🇷/🇮🇱 Iranian President, Ibrahim Raeesi: 'Our Holy Warriors will punish the Zionist entity, which carried out this crime, and its supporters' – Al Mayadeen

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— The language from Iranian officials today is very telling for what's to come.

Earlier, Khamenei said 'our brave men' will deal a blow to Israel. Now, Raeesi says 'Our Mujahideen' will punish the Zionist entity.

This is a clear indication that Israeli targets (possibly outside of Israel) will be directly struck, not by proxies, but by Iran itself.

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇱 Another point, why tonight can be very interesting:

Tonight is the 23rd of Ramadan, seen as the most important and holiest night of the entire month for Shia Muslims.

It is known as 'Laylatul Qadr', or 'The Night of Destiny' / 'The Night of Decree'. It carries a very strong symbolic meaning, as it is believed this night will determine the world's destiny for the year to come.

In 2017, the IRGC Aerospace Force carried out 'Operation Laylatul Qadr' on this exact night, targeting ISIS strongholds in Syria with a large-scale missile attack, killing over 170 terrorists. This night is very significant in religious symbolism.

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🇱🇧🇮🇱 | NEW: A large number of rockets were launched from Lebanon towards Nahariyya – Reports

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🇱🇧🇮🇱 | NEW: Around 30 rockets were launched from Lebanon; some of them were intercepted – Israeli Media

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