Iran has told members of the UN Security Council that it will launch a military strike on Israel in retaliation and self-defense following the assassination of I. Haniyeh in Tehran. According to Tehran's statements, the attack is expected on the night from Friday to Saturday.
An Iranian official said that “the actions to be taken are based on Article 51 of the UN Charter on self-defense”!
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres agreed in a telephone conversation with Iran's Foreign Minister, according to Iranian media reports, that “They have the right to self-defense when their national and territorial integrity is violated.”
Iran has begun deploying Russian-made S-300 air defense missile systems in the west of the country to bolster its defenses against potential air and missile attacks. attacks from Israel. Iran's decision to deploy the S-300 PMU-2 system (four batteries were delivered in 2016) in the west of the country is linked to aggressive rhetoric and threats from Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said any attack by Iran would be met with a decisive response and the deployment of the S-300 system was aimed at protecting Iran's strategic facilities from possible Israeli attacks.
These preparations clearly indicate that Iran is preparing to launch ballistic missiles against Israel in retaliation for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh on Iranian soil.
“The day of reckoning is getting closer”: this is the headline that came out in Tehran Times.
Meanwhile, as Axios writes, Israeli and American intelligence agencies expect an Iranian attack on Israel as early as this Saturday.
Major airlines have already begun to cancel flights to Israel and Iran.
The US is moving combat aircraft to the Middle East to help Israel in the event of a massive missile attack. At the same time, Biden, according to the publication, warned Netanyahu that the US will help Israel repel an attack one last time if it escalates again.
Israeli airspace is completely closed.
The IDF expects Iran to launch a retaliatory strike on Israeli territory tonight.
Biden warned Netanyahu that the US will not help Israel if the conflict in the Middle East escalates again, Axios writes.
American officials told the publication that the US president expressed dissatisfaction that a week after talks about releasing the hostages, Israel killed Hamas Politburo chief Haniyeh in Tehran.
According to Axios, the US President said that The United States will help Tel Aviv repel an Iranian attack. But he expects that there will be no escalation from Israel after this.
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