Iran wanted to show its capability to respond by attacking Israel. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, in an interview with CNN.
According to him, the main goal was to send a clear signal to the government of Israel. The diplomat explained that the April 13 attack was of a “limited nature and did not exceed minimum limits.”
“I will repeat once again: we are against the expansion of chaos, war, and tension in the region,” he emphasized.
On April 1, Israel struck a building near the Iranian embassy in Damascus, the capital of Syria. Later, the Syrian Ministry of Defense specified that the Iranian consulate was destroyed as a result of the attack.
During the night of April 13-14, Iran launched 185 drones, 36 cruise missiles, and 110 surface-to-surface missiles at Israeli territory. Tehran called this a response to the attack on its diplomatic mission.