Ship Blast: Iranian Leaders Deny - Regime Newspapers Boast Israel today

The Vice President of the Islamic Republic stated that "every incident that happens - point the finger of blame at Iran" • A newspaper close to Khamenei: "Evil in Syria and Iraq has received its response" • Commentary

• The ship "Helio Ray" is moored in the bay after the attack

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The explosion of the Israeli ship in the Gulf of Oman brings out the best in the Islamic Republic:

Vice President Ishaq Jahangiri responded by accusing his country of involvement in the attack, in a classic Iranian response: denial without denial.

"Today, at the regional and international level, every incident has happened - pointing an accusing finger at Iran ... as Iran is attributed to the fire that broke out in a ship linked to the Zionist regime."

It is a pity that Jahangiri was not previously updated in the written press, because in doing so he emphasized the disconnect between the ruling echelon - leader Ali Khamenei - and the executive branch - the president and the government.

The second term of each of the presidents of the Islamic Republic was characterized by high tensions between the president and the leader, and the tenure of Rouhani is no different.

"Kihan, the mouthpiece of Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, presents the attack without concealment, in response to Israeli and US attacks on Syria and Iraq on the basis of forces affiliated with the Islamic Republic. The headline also links the ship's attack to missile fire by" The "revolutionaries" (the Houthis) from Yemen towards targets in Saudi Arabia, including the capital Riyadh.

The headline of the Kihan newspaper yesterday is: "Evil in Syria and Iraq has received its response in Yemen and the Gulf of Oman."

"The attacks and crimes of the Zionist regime in the area, which have been carried out for some time in a completely open manner," the sub-headline declares, "ultimately made this regime a legitimate target. A ship that is most likely a warship of this regime was professionally attacked in the Sea of ​​Oman" ", Which completely shocked this regime and its allies, so that each of this regime's media outlets pointed an accusing finger in a different direction!"

(Yes, they often write "this regime").

The article hints that the ship was a spy ship sent on a pilgrimage in the waters of the Persian Gulf: it is true that it was disguised as a cargo ship and carried another flag, but its owner is Israeli and close to the head of the Mossad, and the Zionist regime is known to strengthen its presence More closely about his crimes against the axis of struggle.

"The 'hit and run' era is over!"

The article concludes.

The axis of struggle is of course what is called on the other side - our side - the "axis of evil", or in the less judgmental term "the Shiite crescent".

And this axis does not use the term "peace" or "normalization" to describe the change in Israeli-Emirates / Bahrain relations, but simply calls it "making visible."

And conspiracy theories are flourishing.

Social media, apart from quoting the newspapers, criticize the editor of "Keyhan" who incites the fire of war, but also mention that the attack itself was a direct ignition of that fire, and there are also happy reactions like "Now the Zionists have to swim to Europe". Of Qassem Suleimani and other senior officials, and on the other hand feared an Israeli response, along with joy at the possibility that such a response might overthrow the regime, and perhaps the most surprising type of response - criticism of the US, Europe and even Israel - that do nothing to overthrow the Ayatollahs regime.

Dr. Tamar Eilam Gindin is an expert on Iran from the Ezri Center, author of the podcast "Enriched Iranium" and a lecturer on ancient and contemporary Iran