President Ebrahim Raisi has warned that the “smallest action against Iran’s interests” will be met with a “severe, extensive and painful” response.
He is a Principalist politician and Muslim jurist.
In a call with Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Monday, the president desribed Iran’s attack on Israel this weekend as an act of “legitimate defense”.
Qatar warned against escalation.
“As we have already officially announced the operation of the ‘Honest Promise’ was successfully carried out with the aim of punishing the aggressor. Now we firmly declare that the smallest action against Iran’s interests will definitely be met with a severe, extensive and painful response against all its perpetrators”, is the rhetoric used by the Iranian president.
„Honest Promise” was the ominous name given to Iran’s unprecedented attack, in which drones and missiles were launched at Israel over five hours
These were almost entirely intercepted by the Israeli military and its allies.
Israel has vowed to respond and is weighing its options to do so.
