Although the US has said that it would not take part in any retaliatory strike from Israel in response to Iran’s largely thwarted salvo over the weekend, the Biden administration’s “ironclad” support for the country could still prompt Israel to launch a direct attack on Iranian soil – with potentially disastrous results.
As rank after rank of soldiers marched by, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi surveyed his troops and spoke of victory. In a speech delivered to members of the country’s armed forces on a parade marking Iran’s annual Army Day on Wednesday, Raisi said that the sight of Iranian missiles crawling across the night sky towards Israel just days before had “brought down the glory of the Zionist regime”. Although their attack on their adversary had been limited, he said, the “tiniest invasion” by Israel in response would be met with no mercy. “Nothing would remain,” he said.
