Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi has warned that Iran’s armed forces will retaliate for the recent terrorist attacks in the city of Kerman at the appropriate time and place.
The two explosions, which were claimed by Daesh, killed at least 89 people and wounded scores at a memorial for top anti-terror commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani in the southeastern city of Kerman on Wednesday.
Speaking at the funeral ceremony of the victims of the blasts on Friday, Raeisi said “I assure the people that the initiative is in the hands of our forces and that the time and the place will be determined by our forces.”
“The enemy has seen and experienced the power of the Islamic Republic many times and I assure [you] that the enemy will see the power of the Islamic Republic concerning the latest cases.”
“Haj Qassem has made us powerful, and most importantly the presence of the Leader and the aware nation are the most important components of power in the Islamic establishment,” Raeisi noted.
Noting that the Israeli regime was established with the purported aim of defending Jews and by misusing the name of Jews, Raeisi said “the enemy wanted the puppet group of Daesh to rule in Iraq and Syria under the name of Islamic Caliphate.”
He attributed the security of West Asia to Gen. Soleimani, saying “Qassem Soleimani and the regional forces thwarted the US plan to create another Israel in the region … this is why the Zionist regime is holding grudge against the name, path, and pilgrims of Haj Qassem.”
Raeisi also noted that Qassem Soleimani strengthened the resistance in the region and left Israel surrounded by powerful forces that could thwart its expansionist plans.
Referring to Israel’s aggression on Gaza that began more than three months ago, the Iranian president said that Israel has failed to defeat the Palestinian resistance despite its limited military capacities, adding that the Tel Aviv regime “is desperate” and that’s why it is “killing innocent children.”
“Palestine is the real winner and the Zionist regime has been defeated in the field,” the Iranian president said.
Raeisi also stressed that it is due to the efforts of Qassem Soleimani that anti-Israel operations are currently conducted by the axis of resistance.
“Although Hezbollah, Hamas, and the resistance front must be praised, the role played by Haj Qassem in these achievements has been very huge.”
“The end of [Operation] al-Aqsa Storm is the end of the Zionist regime.”
Israel launched the war on Gaza on October 7 after the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas waged the surprise Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the occupying entity in response to the Israeli regime’s decades-long campaign of bloodletting and devastation against Palestinians.
Since the start of the offensive, the Tel Aviv regime has killed at least 22,438 Palestinians and injured more than 57,614 others.
