What have Iranian officials said about the missile attack?
- The IRGC said it struck “the heart of the occupied territories” to avenge the killing of Hezbollah’s Nasrallah, Hamas’s Haniyeh, as well as its own General Abbas Nilforousha.
- Iran’s mission to the UN described the attack as a “legal, rational and legitimate response to the terrorist acts of the Zionist regime – which involved … infringing upon the national sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran”.
- Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei shared an illustration of missiles being launched with a Quranic verse promising “divine victory”.
- Iran’s President Pezeshkian said the missile launch was in “defence of the interests and citizens of Iran”, warning Netanyahu against entering into a conflict with Tehran.
