IRGC Spox: Retaliation on Israel 'Could Take a Long Time'

A senior Iranian military official said on Tuesday that retaliation against Israel over the killing of a Hamas leader in Tehran may be long in coming and take any number of forms, suggesting that an attack against Israel may have been placed on hold.

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The comments came from Gen. Ali Mohammad Naeini, the spokesman for the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, the branch of the armed forces that would lead such an attack and that is responsible for securing Iran’s borders.

“Time is on our side, and it’s possible that the wait period for the response could take a long time,” General Naeini said at a news conference in Tehran, according to video footage on state media. “It’s possible that Iran’s response will not be a repeat of previous operations. The quality of the response, scenarios and tools are not always the same.”

Ed Morrissey

The longer it takes, the less pressure there is to conduct it. The Iranians may have already decided to cut its losses in this conflict before it provokes a regime-decapitating attack from Israel. They may just settle for Hezbollah's ongoing missile attacks to eat up Israeli defense resources. 

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