Since the advent of the mullahs' regime in 1979, the country has been waging a cold war against Israel, threatening its existence. A break with the foreign policy of the Shah's regime. Under the Pahlavi dynasty (1925-1979), Tehran was one of the first Muslim countries to recognize the State of Israel. The advent of Imam Khomeini and a Shiite theocracy having as its ideological base support for the Palestinian cause and hostility towards Israel and the United States, reshuffled the cards. In more than four decades, the risks of direct confrontations have followed one another through mutual destabilization.
Attacks on Israeli embassiesassassinations of Iranian nuclear engineers, kidnapping of Israeli citizens in the East… There is no shortage of examples. However, today, tension has never been so great. The recent Iranian attack did not occur in solidarity with the Palestinian people intensely bombed since October 7 by Israel, but in response to the destruction of the Iranian consulate in Damascus by Tel Aviv, which occurred on April 1, killing 7 Revolutionary Guards Iranians. A violation of the Vienna Conventions on diplomatic missions by Israel and a violent provocation which could turn into escalation.
