"Iran Threatens Retaliation for Deadly Strike on Consulate, Israel and US Brace for Response"

Iran's Revolutionary Guard commander vowed to "punish the Zionist regime" for an airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Syria attributed to Israel, escalating tensions between the two archenemies. The strike, which killed seven Guard members, including two Iranian generals, has raised fears of a widening regional conflict amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Thousands joined a funeral procession in Tehran, chanting anti-Israel slogans, and the head of the Revolutionary Guard warned that no enemy act against Iran's system will go unanswered, while expressing the possibility of the Zionist regime's collapse.