Iran prepared for 'very major strike' in response to Israel - IRGC outlet
The Islamic Republic is prepared for “a very major strike” following Israel’s “first act of aggression," the IRGC-affiliated Fars News reported.
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Israeli Defense Minister issued an unclear threat following the evacuation notice from the IDF spokesperson to the residents of Tehran's District 3 which is home to Iran's state broadcaster.
"The Iranian propaganda and incitement mouthpiece is on its way to disappearing. Evacuation of nearby residents has begun," Katz said.
An Israeli military spokesperson on Monday issued an evacuation warning for a specified area in District 3 of Tehran, posting a map and message on social platform X urging “all individuals present” to leave the zone.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned that if Israeli attacks persist, the Islamic Republic will respond with much harsher measures, during a phone call with the Sultan of Oman on Monday, according to Iran's official IRNA news agency.
“If the United States does not restrain the Zionist regime, Iran will be forced to deliver more painful responses,” IRNA quoted Pezeshkian as saying during the call.
“If aggression continues, much harsher responses await them,” he added.
Eight members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Basij forces were killed in the early hours of Monday in Khondab, Markazi province, amid what authorities described as “attacks and insecurity caused by the Zionist regime,” according to a statement published by ISNA and other state-affiliated media.
The group included six IRGC members and two Basij volunteers, reportedly killed while on a mission to “defend the Islamic Republic.”
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Monday that Israeli forces targeted Farabi Hospital in the western city of Kermanshah, calling the attack a “grave violation of international law” and a war crime.
“Attacking hospitals and residential areas, reportedly directed by their Defense Minister, is a grave violation of international law,” Baghaei wrote on X. “History will judge; eternal shame awaits the regime’s backers and apologists.”
The Norway-based Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, however, said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had turned buildings near the hospital into weapons depots, making the area a military target and accusing the IRGC of using civilians as “human shields.”
