Here’s the quote you need to read about the “consulate.” “An embassy can lose those protections, however, if it is used for a military purpose, as is true of schools, homes, and other civilian buildings during wartime. That would first be a threshold question about whether the conflict itself is legal: International law generally prohibits the use of force against another sovereign state, except in self-defense. An Israeli military spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari did not confirm or deny Israel’s role in the attack but told CNN that the strike had targeted “a military building of Quds Forces disguised as a civilian building in Damascus.” A member of the Revolutionary Guards, which oversee the Quds Force, told the Times that the strike on Monday had targeted a meeting in which Iranian intelligence officials and Palestinian militants were discussing the war in Gaza. Among them were leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a group armed and funded by Iran. Iran has long blurred the lines between its diplomatic missions and its military operations in the Middle East. It selects its ambassadors to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen — countries that make up the “axis of resistance” — from the commanders of the Quds Forces, the external branch of the Revolutionary Guards Corps, rather than its career diplomats.” See “Israel bombed an Iranian Embassy complex. Is that allowed?,” NYT, 4-2-24.
“At UN, US warns Iran not to target it over Syria strike,” Reuters, 4-2-24.
“’Preparing strikes on Israeli embassies’: The coming Iranian response to Syria strike,” Jerusalem Post, 4-2-24.
“Mohammad Reza Zahedi: who was the Iranian commander killed in an Israeli strike in Syria?,” Guardian, 4-2-24.
“Three suspects in stabbing of London-based Iranian journalist fled UK by plane ‘within hours of attack’,” Independent, 4-2-24. “Iran International, which has been designated a terrorist organisation by Tehran, said it had faced “heavy threats” for 18 months, and noted that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) have been targeting journalists and their families.”
Military types don’t know how to run businesses, including airlines. But this is indication that Iran uses its airlines for nefarious purposes. “Iran’s national airline being run by Revolutionary Guard commander,” Telegraph, 4-2-24.
“The frightening backdrop to an Iranian journalist’s stabbing in London,” Columbia Journalism Review, 4-2-24.
“Federal court: Iran, Syria must pay $191 million for murder of Ari Fuld,” JNS, 4-2-24. “Richard Heideman, senior counsel at Heideman, Nudelman & Kalik, which represented Fuld’s estate and most of his family members in the suit, told JNS that the $191 million in damages is intended to compensate for the suffering of Fuld and his family but also to send a signal to Hamas’s sponsors. ‘The court also went one step further and assessed punitive damages, as not only a punishment of Iran and Syria but also to send a loud and clear message that the court will not countenance the continued sponsorship by Iran and Syria of terror against Americans,’ he said.”
