Iran is playing down the risk of a significant retaliatory strike against Israel after its embassy in Syria was hit.
Markets were extremely jittery this week, awaiting a retaliatory attack by Iran following the Israel i strike on Tehran’s embassy in Syria, which killed a key Iran ian general and other diplomats/military personnel. Israel is preparing for an attack, both at home and in proxy venues. But Tehran is already showing signs that it’s attempting to back down without losing face. It would not survive a direct attack on Israel and all that would entail in terms of blowback.
It’s been a wildly successful campaign that has generated end-of-the-world headlines suggesting that Iran is only days away from having nuclear weapons capabilities. That was the narrative earlier on Thursday. Later on Thursday, Iran seemed to walk things back even further, with its Foreign Minister telling Germany that it would respond to Iran in an “appropriate” and limited way as reported by Axios, citing an unnamed source. Another unnamed source linked to U.S.
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