Iranian president makes no mention of Israeli strike despite threatening complete destruction

Iranian leadership is downplaying Israeli strikes against their country, contempt antecedently vowing full warfare successful nan arena of nan "tiniest invasion."

During a Friday speech, President Ebrahim Raisi did not mention nan Israeli rocket strike launched against nan Isfahan region of Iran earlier nan aforesaid day.

Instead, Raisi focused connected justifying Iran's ain violative attacks.

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during Army Day parade astatine a subject guidelines successful bluish Tehran, Iran. Raisi warned that nan "tiniest invasion" by Israel would bring a "massive and harsh" response, arsenic nan region braces for imaginable Israeli retaliation aft Iran's onslaught complete nan weekend.  (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

"Operation True Promise led to authority, unity and cohesion successful nan country," Raisi said successful his speech, according to translations from Iran International English. "Today, each governmental groups and factions judge that this consequence was basal and a large grant for nan country."

Operation True Promise is nan codename for nan Iranian drone rocket and drone motorboat against Israel that took spot connected Saturday past week. 

Iran launched hundreds of missiles and drones astatine Israel connected Saturday successful consequence to an evident onslaught connected Iran’s embassy compound successful Syria connected April 1 that killed 12 people, including 2 Iranian generals. It was nan first ever nonstop Iranian subject onslaught connected Israel.

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Motorists thrust their vehicles past a advertisement depicting named Iranian ballistic missiles successful service, pinch matter successful Arabic reference "the honorable [person's] promise" and successful Persian "Israel is weaker than a spider's web", successful Valiasr Square successful cardinal Tehran. Iran connected April 14 urged Israel not to retaliate militarily to an unprecedented onslaught overnight, which Tehran presented arsenic a justified consequence to a deadly onslaught connected its consulate building successful Damascus.  (ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel, pinch thief from nan U.S., nan United Kingdom, neighboring Jordan and different nations, successfully intercepted astir each missile and drone that Iran launched. Israel boasted of a 99% occurrence rate, done nan usage of its Iron Dome and David’s Sling systems.

Following nan Iranian launch, Raisi said nan onslaught was a constricted 1 — and that if Iran was provoked to transportation retired a bigger attack, "nothing would stay from nan Zionist regime," nan charismatic IRNA news agency reported.

The Iranian ultimate leader's determination not to reside Israel's retaliatory onslaught shows a drastic spread betwixt this erstwhile rhetoric and nan country's disposition moving forward.

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Iranian soldiers march past President Ebrahim Raisi during a subject parade arsenic portion of a ceremonial marking nan country's yearly service time successful nan superior Tehran. (ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel and Iran person waged a protector warfare for decades, pinch nan warfare coming to a caput complete nan past fewer months arsenic Iran has supported Hamas, which carried retired nan deadliest panic onslaught successful Israel’s history connected Oct. 7.