TEHRAN, April 14 — Thousands of Iranians took to the streets of Iran early today in a show of support for the unprecedented drone and missile attack under way against arch foe Israel.
A mural saying “the next slap is fiercer” was unveiled in the square where a huge banner has hung for days calling, in Hebrew, for Israelis to “take shelter”. “This attack did not come from Iran only, and this regime is being punished from four directions,” the Tasnim news agency said.Supporters of the retaliatory attack also demonstrated in Iran’s third largest city Isfahan where Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, one of the generals killed in the Damascus strike, is buried.
Tehran had earlier appealed to Washington to keep out of its conflict with Israel but Iranian hopes were dashed after a Pentagon official confirmed that US forces were shooting down Israel-bound drones.