Iran has warned the Biden White House that if the United States interferes in its anticipated retaliatory strike against Israel, the United States will become a legitimate target for Iranian terrorism. According to the anti-American and pro-Hamas website The Intercept, “On Monday night, Iran conveyed to the Biden administration that if it involved itself in defending Israel were Tehran to undertake a retaliatory strike, it would consider the United States a viable target as well. The issue was discussed at a Tuesday NSC meeting, according to notes reviewed by The Intercept.
This crisis was precipitated by an Israeli airstrike on the Iranian embassy in Damascus that killed three senior Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps commanders and four senior IRGC advisors to Syrian regime forces.
As might be expected, Iran has promised Armageddon over this affront, but the incident also happened on a day ending in y. The backchannel threat comes as the commander of US Central Command, General Erik Kurilla, visited Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to coordinate a response to what is expected to be a strike launched from Iranian soil against Israel. (This is your primer if you want to know more about General Kurilla. Google for Michael Yon’s amazing stories from Mosul, many starring Kurilla.) Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated on Wednesday that “the U.S. will stand with Israel against any threats by Iran and its proxies.”
Iran seems to be trying to tamp down escalation talk, at least in public.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told his German counterpart on Thursday that Iran is determined to respond to Israel’s bombing of its consular building in Damascus last week, but will do so in an “appropriate” and limited way, a source with direct knowledge of the call told Axios.
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