Iran condemns Israel after attack in Damascus - general dead
Ruben Grieve Updated 20.10 | Published 16.49
Iran's consulate in Damascus was razed to the ground today in an airstrike. Israel is allegedly behind it.
A top general in Iran's Revolutionary Guard has reportedly been killed.
Tehran will make a decision about "response and punishment against the attacker", says spokesman Nasser Kanaani, according to Reuters.
On Monday afternoon, an air raid took place against the consulate at the Iranian embassy in the central parts of the Syrian capital, Damascus.
The top general in Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Mohammad Reza Zahedi, was reportedly killed in the air raid, according to Israeli news channel Haaretz. The data has not yet been confirmed by independent sources or commented on by Israel.
"Will hold Israel accountable"
Eight people have been killed in the attack, according to unconfirmed reports. Iran said in a statement that Israeli F35 fighter jets fired six missiles at the Iranian consulate.
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian calls the attack "a violation of all international conventions". He has said this in a conversation with his Syrian counterpart, writes Reuters.
In Iranian state media, Nasser Kanaani, a spokesperson for Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, states that Iran will take measures after the Israeli attack. And that Tehran will decide what kind of "response and punishment" there may be, writes Reuters.
The remains of the building in Damascus that was hit by an Israeli airstrike. Photo: Omar Sanadiki / AP
One of several attacks in recent days
The air raid on Damascus is one of several attacks on targets inside Syria in recent days.
On Sunday, Israeli warplanes carried out attacks on a research facility in Jamraya just outside Damascus, TT writes. Two people were killed, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
On Friday, Israel was singled out as responsible for an airstrike near the city of Aleppo in Syria, where the Islamist movement Hezbollah is believed to have been targeted.
At least 42 people – 36 Syrian soldiers and six members of the Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah – were killed, according to SOHR.
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