Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched a retaliatory strike on multiple locations in Israel, in response to Israeli terrorist attack on Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria on 1 April 2024.
On 1 April 2024, an Israeli airstrike destroyed the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria, killing 16 people, including a senior Quds Force commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi and Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi, a senior commander along with six other IRGC officers. Six Syrian civilians also were killed in the attack.
As diplomatic buildings are entitled to further protections from attack or other interference by the host country under international customary law, codified in the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 1963 Convention on Consular Relations, Iranian forces have launched a calculated strike against Israeli targets, signaling their resolve to defend Iranian territory and retaliate against perceived aggression.
When they attack our consulate, it is as if they have attacked our soil,” Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said in a speech marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan on Wednesday.
