MOSCOW, April 14 Full responsibility for the conflict in the Middle East lies on the provocations of the West, personally on US President Joe Biden, wrote Sultan Khamzaev, a member of the State Duma Security Committee, in his Telegram channel.
“Responsibility for the conflict, the crisis in the Middle East lies entirely with the provocations of the West, and personally with US President Joe Biden. The leader of the bloody world is ready to start a new war with his careless interpretation of the difficult situation,” Khamzaev wrote.
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The deputy believes that Iran is giving a counter-reaction to the provocations that were committed with direct or indirect support from the United States.
“On the eve of the US presidential election, Joe Biden is dragging the world into a new war. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict was only the first act. Tonight, the US authorities only emphasized their side — to help Israel in every possible way, without going into detail that this will lead to an even greater split and military actions in the East,» Khamzaev added.
In his opinion, US policy is provoking a large-scale conflict in the East, “including so that multi-billion dollar streams of funding flow to support the dubious and bloody goals of American dictators on the stage of the theater of operations.”
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, an elite force of the armed forces) said on Sunday night that it was attacking Israeli territory in response to the destruction by Israeli aircraft of the Iranian consulate in Syria in early April. The attack, according to various sources, involved from several dozen to hundreds of missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, including Shahed kamikaze drones.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported that the armed forces have been put on high alert. The Pentagon said it would support Israel, and Iran's mission to the UN called it a conflict between Tehran and Tel Aviv, calling on Washington to «stay away.»
The Israeli Air Force struck the building of the Iranian Consulate General in the Syrian capital Damascus on April 1. According to the IRGC, seven corps officers were killed, including two high-ranking general advisers: Mohammad Reza Zahedi, commander of the IRGC Quds Force in Syria and Lebanon, and his deputy, Brigadier General Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi. Tehran stated that it reserves the right to respond.