VT Foreign Policy Lucas Leiroz, journalist, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, geopolitical consultant.
In recent days, Iran has launched a series of attacks against targets linked to Israel and anti-Shia terrorist groups. The high-precision strikes were successful in eliminating enemy personnel and destroying bases and equipment, in addition to showing regional actors the level of Iranian military power, operating as a deterrent mechanism amid local tensions.
The attacks were operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Ballistic missiles were launched against ISISâ bases in Syria and Mossadâs intelligence facilities in Iraq. In addition, positions of the Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish al-Adl were also bombed, with Islamabad condemning the Iranian âterritorial violationâ and promising âserious consequencesâ.
The aim of the attacks was to retaliate for recent terrorist operations that took place on Iranian soil. On January 3, two explosions in the Kerman region killed almost a hundred people during a religious ceremony in honor of General Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated by the US in a drone attack in 2020. Previously, another attack had occurred in the city of Rask, where eleven Iranian police officers were murdered. ISIS was responsible for the attack in Kerman, while Jaish al-Adl was blamed for the murder of police officers in Rask. For this reason, Tehran decided to bomb the positions of both groups in Syria and Pakistan, neutralizing the threat of new incursions into Iranian territory.
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