On Monday, many Iranian lawmakers proposed legislation that would obligate the government to initiate steps for the “Elimination of Israel" by 2040, according to media reports.
The legislation was introduced last week ahead of the first anniversary of General Qassem Soleimani’s killing in a US air attack in Baghdad on January 3, 2020, as a measure of retaliation.
The Iranian parliamentary initiative also aims at expelling the United States from the Middle East region, taking hard revenge against the US and Israel for the killing of Iranian top commander.
The proposed legislation that will go to discussion stressed the need to end Gaza’s siege by supplying them with essential goods, for free if needed.
The lawmakers proposed also to continue sending “aid to Yemen”, where Iran has been supporting the Houthi rebels and to friendly forces in Iraq and elsewhere.
The legislation, if passed, could fuel current tensions and alarm Western governments who have demanded the Islamic Republic reduce its interferences in regional countries.
On the other hand, two former Mossad chiefs and a former national security council chief all said on Sunday that Iran had failed to avenge the assassination of one of its most senior officials in 2020 and likely would not do so prior to US President-Elect Joe Biden taking office.
However, they all told The Jerusalem Post that the Islamic Republic would eventually find a moment to avenge the killing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force Chief Qasem Soleimani exactly one year ago.
In terms of retaliation, Shavit said that even though Tehran has not successfully retaliated in a big way so far (it did fire missiles on US bases and has failed at some other attempted plots).
“We must take into account that they will respond. They will wait for an opportunity to attack a high quality target.”
He gave the example of Iran and its proxies’ attacks on the Israeli Embassy and Jewish Community Center in Argentina in 1992 and 1994.
Former Mossad director Danny Yatom told the Post, “the assassination [of Soleimani] was a very impressive one of strategic value covering the full field with Iran.”
Yatom said, Soleimani, “was much more than just the leader of the Quds Force. He was more important than the commander of the IRGC who supposedly was his commander. He was very close to the supreme leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The former Mossad chief from 1996-1998 said that the death of Soleimani was “a harsh blow to both morale and actual operations…the Quds Force is still licking its wounds.”
Yatom said that “since Ghaani relieved Soleimani, there is a feeling that the Quds Force still hasn’t returned to the status it had before the killing and I doubt if it can get back.”
“There are reports that Iran is looking for the chance to attack an Israeli target or an American target. I don’t say that it is impossible…but they have waited a full year and have not succeeded to avenge one of the most important people in Iran,” he said.
He explained that, “this teaches us about the weakness of the Quds Force and of the IRGC today now that they don’t have Soleimani.”
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