Revolutionary Guards Expect ‘Limited’ Israeli Attack

Revolutionary Guards Expect ‘Limited’ Israeli Attack
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Revolutionary Guards Expect ‘Limited’ Israeli Attack

Revolutionary Guards Expect ‘Limited’ Israeli Attack

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called on parliament on Tuesday to increase the defense budget due to “regional developments.”

Former Revolutionary Guards commander Mohammad Ali Jafari predicted that Israel might launch a “small and limited” attack but warned that any Israeli mistake would trigger a “crushing” response from Iran.

Jafari told a Revolutionary Guards’ news agency that Iran’s reaction would depend on the scale of Israel’s actions.

“If Israel takes significant steps, it will face double the retaliation,” he said.

Israel is expected to respond strongly to an Iranian missile strike on Oct. 1.

Jafari, now in charge of social and cultural affairs, dismissed Israel as too small to pose a real threat to Iran.

He said any Israeli attack would be “limited and desperate,” and added that Israel would not be able to match Iran’s recent missile strike, which came in response to the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.

Jafari said that Iran’s stance “was announced earlier and is part of plans to deal with attacks and conflicts.”

He assured Iranians, saying: “The enemy won’t make any major move, and if they do, it will be a desperate effort.”

Jafari made the remarks during a memorial for senior commander Abbas Nilforoushan, who was killed in an airstrike on Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s headquarters on Sep. 27.

Tasnim news agency reported that the event was attended by Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani, his deputy Abdolreza Meskarian, and other top officials from the Revolutionary Guards and the Joint Operations Command.

Mohammad Reza Naqdi, the Revolutionary Guards’ general coordinator, said: “We are eager to open the way for jihad so that young people can join the frontlines against Israel.”

He added that while Iranian youth are ready to fight, the resistance front has not yet called for their deployment.



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Pedestrians pass by the Bolshoi Theater decorated for Christmas and the New Year festivities in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Pedestrians pass by the Bolshoi Theater decorated for Christmas and the New Year festivities in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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American Imprisoned in Russia Sentenced to New 15-year Jail Term for Espionage

Pedestrians pass by the Bolshoi Theater decorated for Christmas and the New Year festivities in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Pedestrians pass by the Bolshoi Theater decorated for Christmas and the New Year festivities in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

A Russian-born US citizen already imprisoned in Russia on a bribery conviction has been handed a second 15-year jail term for espionage, Russian news agencies reported Tuesday.
A Moscow court brought espionage charges against Gene Spector in August 2023, although details surrounding the case were not made public, The Associated Press reported.
Spector, formerly an executive at a medical equipment company in Russia, was previously sentenced to 3.5 years in prison in September 2022 for enabling bribes to an aide of former Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich. The aide, Anastasia Alekseyeva, was sentenced to 12 years in April for taking bribes of two expensive overseas vacation trips.
Dvorkovich was a deputy prime minister under Dmitry Medvedev in 2012-2018. He is currently head of the international chess federation FIDE.