SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned Israel on Wednesday that it would face swift revenge attacks if it continues to target members of the elite force in the Middle East.
“Be aware that we will not only take part in the funeral of our martyrs, but also immediately take their revenge,” the semi-offices Tasnim news agency quoted Revolutionary Guards Commander-in-Chief Hossein Salami, addressing Israel, as saying, according to Reuters.
“This is a real and serious message. If your mischief is repeated, you will once again experience our attacks and suffer the bitter taste of our missile blows,” he added.
The Guards claimed responsibility for a March 13 attack on what they called “Israeli strategic center” in Erbil.
A dozen missiles launched from Iran hit what the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) described as “civilian residential areas”.
The attack was seen as Iranian retaliation for Israel’s killing of members of the Revolutionary Guards in Syria, a close ally of Iran, in an air strike on March 7.
“In recent weeks you have seen how Zionists are always wrong in their calculations and have been targeted by Revolutionary Guards missiles. We are warning them that they should cease their mischief or we will bury them alive,” Salami said, according to Reuters.
