After Israel carried out an airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Syria, killing several of its generals, official Tehran promised to give a suitable and severe response soon. The Israeli press also reported on the possibility of attacks from the territory of Iran within 48 hours. But can Iran start a war against Israel?

Israeli warplanes fired a missile at the Iranian consulate building in the Syrian capital. As a result, five people - diplomats and military advisers, including the general of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, Mohammad Reza Zahidi, were killed. The building was completely destroyed.

Colonel Hossein Ali Javidanfer of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was killed in an armed attack by unknown persons on the Zahidan-Kash road in Sistan-Baluchistan province.