Iranian President Pezeshkian Calls Israel's Iron Dome More Fragile Than Glass

Israeli Iron Dome. (Wikimedia Commons/Israel Defense Forces/Avichai Socher)

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the Israeli regime would accept a tougher response if it made a mistake, saying Tehran's missile attack on Tuesday proved the fragility of Israel's Iron Dome.

Pezeshkian delivered the statement on Wednesday during a cabinet session, praising Iran's True Promise 2 Operation against the Zionist regime.

The anti-Israeli operation took place on Tuesday night in retaliation for Israel's assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31, as well as the regime's assassination of Secretary-General Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and an Iranian military adviser in Beirut on Friday.

To declare Iran will not sacrifice the dignity and honor of its nation, President Pezeshkian described Iran's missile response as a proud operation.

Iran's anti-Israeli operations proved that what they called Iron Dome was "more fragile than glass," he said, quoted from IRNA Oct. 2.

Further disclosed by him, Western countries have repeatedly asked Iran to exercise restraint following the assassination of Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July.

President Pezeshkian underlined that they had promised to make a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

However, Israel continues to kill women and children in Gaza and spread its crimes to Lebanon by blowing up its pagers, he said, adding that countries calling on Iran to refrain from remaining silent about Israel's actions.

The president said Iran had proven serious in terms of its dignity and honor, warning the Zionist regime of making any mistakes would trigger a much more devastating response from Iran, quoted by Tasnim.

Iran fired more than 180 ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday amid an escalation of fighting between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel, quoted by Reuters.

Tuesday night's attack was the second time Iran launched a missile into Israel. Prior to the Mobile Investigation Operation in mid-April, Tehran attacked a number of military targets after Israel attacked the Iranian Embassy in Damascus, Syria.