Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on October 28 ordered the Supreme National Security Council to prepare a plan for a retaliatory strike against Israel. This was reported by The New York Times, citing Iranian officials.
According to their information, the military command of the republic is compiling a list of dozens of military targets on Israeli territory. Strikes are expected after the US presidential election on November 5, as Iran fears that Republican candidate Donald Trump may take advantage of the escalating tensions in the Middle East for election purposes, the publication's sources say.
According to them, the spiritual leader of the Islamic Republic gave such an order after assessing the consequences of the Israeli attack. The strike killed four Iranian soldiers and one civilian and damaged Tehran's air defense systems and ballistic missile production facilities. On October 26, the Israel Defense Forces announced it had carried out strikes on military targets in Iran in response to "numerous continuous attacks."
In a statement, the Islamic Republic's air defense forces said that military targets in the provinces of Ilam, Tehran and Khuzestan were attacked, but the damage was limited, and air defense systems successfully repelled the attack.
