Iran president warns of ‘massive’ response if Israel launches ‘tiniest invasion’

(17 Apr 2024)
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Tehran, Iran - 17 April 2024
1. Wide of Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi and the country's military commanders
2. Wide of Raisi and others
3. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's president:
"If the tiniest invasion is made by the Zionist regime against our homeland or our interests, they (Israelis) must be certain that they will face a very massive and harsh response."
4. Wide of Raisi while speaking
5. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's president:
"Operation True Promise was a limited move, not an extensive and comprehensive one. If it were to be an extensive and comprehensive attack, supporters of the Zionist regime would have seen that nothing would remain from that regime."
6. Wide of parade
7. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's president:
"After the Al-Aqsa Flood, operation True Promise really collapsed the Zionist regime's glory and proved that the Zionist regime and its supporters are as strong as a spider's web."
8. Raisi reviewing parade
9. Various of soldiers marching
10. Poster of U.S. flag on truck, text reading (English): "Down with USA" (Farsi, Arabic): "Death to America" and (Farsi): "There is no break in fighting the arrogance."
11. Various of drones being displayed
12. Various of missiles being displayed
STORYLINE:
Iran’s president has warned that the “tiniest invasion” by Israel would bring a “massive and harsh” response, as the region braces for potential Israeli retaliation after Iran’s attack over the weekend.
President Ebrahim Raisi spoke Wednesday at an annual army parade that was relocated to a barracks north of the capital, Tehran, from its usual venue on a highway in the city’s southern outskirts. Iranian authorities gave no explanation for its relocation, and state TV did not broadcast it live, as it has in previous years.
Iran launched hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel over the weekend in response to an apparent Israeli strike on Iran’s embassy compound in Syria on April 1 that killed 12 people, including two Iranian generals.
Israel, with help from the United States, the United Kingdom, neighboring Jordan and other nations, successfully intercepted nearly all the missiles and drones.
Tensions in the region have increased since the start of the latest Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7, when Hamas and Islamic Jihad, two militant groups backed by Iran, carried out a cross-border attack that killed 1,200 people in Israel and kidnapped 250 others.
Israel responded with an offensive in Gaza that has caused widespread devastation and killed over 33,800 people, according to local health officials.
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