Middle East conflict: Media: Iran plans counterattack on Israel

According to media reports, after the Israeli attack on Iran, the government in Tehran is already planning another counterattack. An attack using drones and ballistic missiles could be launched from Iraq, US news site Axios reported, citing Israeli sources. Accordingly, the Israeli secret services assume that the attack could possibly take place before the US election next Tuesday.

Iran will certainly respond to the Israeli attack, Iranian Revolutionary Guards deputy commander Ali Fadawi said in an interview, according to a report by Mehr News Agency. “For more than 40 years we have left no aggression unanswered.” The US television channel CNN quoted a person familiar with the deliberations in Tehran as saying: “The response of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the aggression of the Zionist regime will be final and painful.”

The chief of staff to Iran’s religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Iranian response would “make our enemies regret the attack,” according to Axios. Israel attacked several military installations and the air defense system in Iran last week. According to Iranian information, only minor damage was caused. With the air strikes, Israel responded to an attack by Iran with around 200 rockets at the beginning of October.