Iran’s symbolic missile attack on Israel

Barring few exception, leadership of entire Muslim Ummah is under Zionist control and Iran is no exception.

1st October, 2024 symbolic missile attack by Iran on Israel was a political action authorised by Washington to achieve the following political objectives:

1. To send a stronger message than in the April 2024 Iranian drone attack to US’ brat Netanyahu with regards to his defiance of Washington and widening the war in the region.

2. To help repair the damage to Iran’s internal and external reputation as a result of its inaction and empty rhetoric against Israel following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, senior commanders of its proxy movements and the attack on Lebanon. For Washington to help the Iranian leadership ease internal pressure from the hardliners and military leadership for action and revenge to restore dignity.

3. Restoring Iran’s leadership and reputation over her proxies, strengthen the smokescreen whilst she helps Israel and the Americans in continuing to dismantle the “Axis of resistance”.

4. The Democrats aim to bolster electoral success via the Jewish vote in the American elections by demonstrating its commitment to the existence of Israel and guaranteeing her security.

Iran finally got the green light and instruction from Washington on the 1st of October 2024, to launch a limited missile attack on Israel after Netanyahu once again humiliated and defied the Biden administration through the Israeli ground invasion in Southern Lebanon a day earlier after Biden had called for an “immediate ceasefire” and “diplomatic solution” between Israel, Hezbollah and Iran which was ignored. 

However, just like the drone strike in April 2024 by Iran, the missile attack was limited, had prior warning given to the United States and Israel in order to prepare for the attack, and like in April the US intercepted most of the missiles with the help of regional “allies” meaning Jordan, Iraq etc. According to the UK Financial Times; “That high interception rate was thanks to the combined efforts of the US and its allies, the tracking of the missiles’ flight paths by US partners in the region, and Israel’s own, highly sophisticated air defences” (2/10/24)

In April, Iranian leader Khomeini had stated that the drone attack on the part of Iran had “concluded” the issue, despite knowing Israel was continuing the genocide in Gaza. The limited political symbolism of the Iranian attack was clear again when the Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araqchi posted on X, ““Our action is “concluded” unless the Israeli regime decides to invite further retaliation” (01/10/24/.

But the questions remain the same. Why is it “concluded”. Has Israel decided to leave South Lebanon? Agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza? Stopped attacking Beirut?

So the action was clearly symbolic and limited upon Washington’s instructions. Just like in April, when Iran was under pressure to match its rhetoric with action after Israel had bombed her consulate in Syri and killing senior Iranian commanders, the symbolism on this occasion was also aimed at repairing her reputation after it was beginning to collapse both internally and in the wider Arab and Muslim world after the empty rhetoric and inaction following the assassination of Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh on Iranian soil and the successive killing of Hezbollah commanders and the infiltration and dismantling of her command structure by Israel.

According to the FT; 

“But after Nasrallah’s killing it was Iran’s military leaders, bent on revenge and fearful the republic was looking increasingly weak, who won the day at the Supreme National Security Council meeting on Monday, said an Iranian official. With little warning, Iran on Tuesday fired about 180 ballistic missiles at Israel, pushing the arch foes closer than ever to the full-blown direct conflict Tehran has been insisting it wants to avoid. “Nasrallah’s assassination was the last straw and Iran has come to the conclusion the Israelis are not going to stop; they are taking harsher measures and now they are going to attack and invade part of Lebanon,” an Iranian official told the Financial Times. “The military commanders persuaded [the council] that if Iran does not [retaliate], it will lose its supporters and it will badly damage its reputation.” (02/10/24)  

Purpose of this piece is that we shouldn’t be overawed by the religious zeal, sectoral alignments and outright Jew/ Israel hatred rather be able to cut through the noise and draw sound inferences from prevailing geopolitical scene. 

Only Allah knows the whole Truth.