Op-Ed
Today, January 3rd, Iranians were paying their respects to their beloved General on the fourth anniversary of his assassination when two bombs were detonated, killing at least 103, including numerous children.
The targeting of graves and children has Israel written all over it, but it could have been the CIA. No one has taken credit for the massacre yet and Iran has just started its investigation.
Iran’s Head of Judiciary, Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, released a statement saying, “The agents and perpetrators of this grievous crime will undoubtedly be punished. Responsible intelligence, security and law enforcement agencies are obligated to promptly pursue all the evidence and perpetrators and hand them over to the judiciary”.
Israel has been trying to provoke a military response from Iran so that it can feel justified in nuking it and putting an end to Iran's development of its own nuclear bombs and other weapons needed to defend itself against the vile fascist foe that Israel has become. However, Iran has been careful to not involve itself in the resistance to Israel's genocide against Palestinians. Iran could probably defeat Israel in a non-nuclear confrontation but it can't defend itself against Israel's nuclear weapons and the United States military might. So, it has had no choice but to stand by and watch the slaughter of tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians to protect millions of Iranians.
Iran might consider taking on Israel only if it had the full support of Russia or China and neither of them are willing to involve themselves in the conflict at present because the genocide of Palestinians is weakening both Israel and the U.S.. Israel has lost it privileged position in all but a few countries and Washington is now universally recognized as the cesspool of corruption and evil it has long been. The American hegemony enabled by Jews in finance and media will come to an end much more rapidly due to the genocide, and in the long run that could save tens of millions of lives, but only if the two are not allowed to ignite WW III as they are so desperately trying to do.