Top Iranian Generals Mohammad Bagheri and Hossein Salami on Missile, UAV Attack against Israel

On April 14, 2024, IRINN TV (Iran) aired a press conference in which Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff IRGC General Mohammad Bagheri and IRGC Commander-in-Chief General Hossein Salami spoke about the same-day Iranian missile and UAV attack against Israel. General Bagheri said that the operation achieved its goals and that Iran does not intend to continue the operation further, unless Israel acts against Iran. He said that the operation was targeted at the Israeli intelligence base and airbase from where the April 1, 2024 attack against the Iranian consulate complex in Damascus was planned and launched. Bagheri also claimed that Israel's air defenses and Iron Dome system were incapable of dealing with the attack, asserting that the targets were “significantly destroyed.” He also said that the U.S. failed to thwart the attack. General Salami said that the operation has created a ‘new equation” according to which Iran will retaliate from its own soil against any Israeli attack on Iranian interests.