Strikes in Damascus: Iranian president says “this cowardly crime will not go unanswered”. Tehran has promised to retaliate for this unprecedented raid on an Iranian diplomatic building in Syria.

The Iranian Supreme National Security Council met Monday evening "in the presence of President" Ebrahim Raïssi and took the "necessary decisions", he said in a press release. In a message, the Iranian mission to the United Nations called for “an urgent meeting” of the Security Council to “condemn this unjustified criminal act and terrorist attack perpetrated by the Israeli regime”