Severe punishment awaits Israeli regime: Parl. speaker

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that the country will give a severe response to the Israeli aggression against its consulate in Damascus.

Severe punishment awaits Israeli regime: Parl. speaker

MEHR: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that the country will give a severe response to the Israeli aggression against its consulate in Damascus.

Ghalibaf made the remarks on Tuesday morning, referring to the Israeli regime's Monday missile attack that targeted the building of Iran's consulate in the Syrian capital of Damascus and led to the martyrdom of 7 IRGC military advisors.

Saying that the fresh Israeli aggression once again revealed the barbaric nature of this regime, Ghalibaf extended condolences to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Resistance officials, and the families of the martyred IRGC advisors.

The Zionists' aggressive and abusive actions will be met with a severe punishment, he stressed.

The Israeli regime attacked Iran's consulate in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Monday evening. The Israeli aggression led to the destruction of the entire building and the martyrdom and injury of the entire people inside it.

Seven of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military advisors were martyred following the Israeli attack on Iran's consulate in Damascus on Monday, IRGC said in a statement.

Reacting to the Israeli aggression, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kan'ani on Monday night said that the Islamic Republic of Iran, while reserving its rights to take countermeasures, decides on the type of reaction and punishment of the aggressor.

Earlier on Monday, Iran's Ambassador to Syria stressed that the country will give a decisive response to the Israeli regime.