‘Israel’s Evil Deeds Draw It Closer to Collapse – IRG Chief

By Staff, Agencies

Chief Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard [IRG] Major General Hossein Salami warned that the evil acts of the ‘Israeli’ occupation regime will backfire on it and draw the regime closer to collapse.

In an interview with Lebanon's Arabic-language al-Mayadeen television news network published on Monday, Salami added that the acts of mischief by the Tel Aviv regime in the region would expose it to real threats in the future, particularly that the time is ripe for the regime’s collapse.

The Islamic Republic will respond to any act of mischief by the ‘Israeli’ entity at the same level or stronger, Salami said.

Referring to recent developments inside the occupied territories over the past few days, Salami emphasized that the ‘Israeli’ entity’s evil deeds did not go unanswered, expressing confidence that such developments may be repeated and intensify in the future.

Early on Thursday, a Syrian surface-to-air missile landed near the occupation entity’s top-secret Dimona nuclear reactor site in the southern part of the ‘Israeli’-occupied territories, triggering warning sirens in the Negev Desert.

Meanwhile, the Zionist army failed in its attempt to intercept the missile using its aerial interception systems, according to the ‘Jerusalem Post’ daily newspaper.

The ‘Israeli’ military said that in response to the launch, it attacked several missile batteries on neighboring Syria.

Syria’s official news agency SANA said its air defenses intercepted the Zionist attack against the Damascus suburbs.

“Air defenses intercepted the rockets and downed most of them,” the agency said.

Dimona, which is widely believed to be key to the Zionist regime’s nuclear arms manufacturing program, was built with covert assistance from the French government and activated sometime between 1962 and 1964, according to reports.

Tel Aviv has acknowledged the existence of the Dimona nuclear reactor, but neither confirms nor denies the purpose of the nukes manufacturing facility.

Turning a deaf ear to international calls for nuclear transparency, the Tel Aviv regime has so far refused, with the US' invariable support, to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty [NPT] that is aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons.

This comes as the Zionist military has routinely carried out raids in Syria over the past years since the foreign-backed militancy in the Arab country. While the ‘Israeli’ military has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria, it has rarely publicly acknowledged them.

Meanwhile, Iran has also warned that it will retaliate for a recent ‘Israeli’ act of sabotage against its Natanz nuclear facility, during which the power was cut across the facility. The incident, however, did not lead to any casualties, damage or complications.