Iranians declare their support to IRGC's response against 'Israel'
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In the Imam Reza Holy Shrine Iranians gather to declare their support for the Axis of Resistance and the IRGC.
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Iranians declare their support for the IRGC and the Axis of Resistance in the Imam Reza Holy Shrine in Mashhad, in Iran, on April 16, 2024. (Social media)
Thousands of Iranians gathered at the Imam Reza Holy Shrine in Mashhad, Iran, to declare their support for the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), following their armed forces' multi-phased retaliatory attack on "Israel".
Al Mayadeen's correspondent said those who participated in the demonstration raised slogans in opposition to the Israeli regime and in support of the Palestinian cause and the Axis of Resistance.
The demonstration saw thousands gather in the Shrine where they also hailed Lebanon's Hezbollah, Iraq's Islamic Resistance, and Yemen's Ansar Allah.
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تجمّع الآلاف من الإيرانيين في مرقد الإمام الرضا في مدينة #مشهد، مردّدين هتافات داعمة لحرس الثورة، بعد عمليته العسكرية ضدّ كيان الاحتلال الإسرائيلي
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) April 16, 2024
ورفع المشاركون في التجمع شعارات مناهضة لـ"إسرائيل" ومؤيدة لفلسطين ولـ #حزب_الله وأنصار الله والحشد الشعبي في #العراق #الميادين… pic.twitter.com/41xPkG6WYr
On April 13, the IRGC's Aerospace Force, in collaboration with several other units of the Iranian Armed Forces, launched a wide-ranging attack that utilized drones, cruise missiles, and several types of ballistic missiles, in response to the malicious Israeli attack on the country's embassy in Damascus, Syria.
The Israeli attack occurred on April 1 and was conducted via American-supplied F-35 stealth fighter jets which likely took off from the "Nevatim" Air Base in occupied Palestine's al-Naqab desert. As such, the IRGC's response targeted the aforementioned air base, as well as a number of strategic Israeli military sites and positions.
In a phone conversation held Tuesday at Tehran's initiative, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi informed Russian President Vladimir Putin that the Islamic Republic was forced to retaliate against "Israel" due to the destructive actions of the United Nations, the US, and other Western countries.
"The destructive role of the US and a number of other Western countries, as well as the inaction and ineffectiveness of international institutions, including the UN and the Security Council, in dealing with Israel's aggressive actions in connection with the attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria forced Iran to take action and exercise its right of self-defense based on Article 51 of the UN Charter," Raisi said, as quoted in a statement posted on the presidency’s website.
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