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Iranian president makes no mention of Israeli strike despite threatening complete destruction

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Iranian leadership is downplaying Israeli strikes against their country, despite previously vowing total war in the event of the «tiniest invasion.»

During a Friday speech, President Ebrahim Raisi did not mention the Israeli missile strike launched against the Isfahan region of Iran earlier the same day.

Instead, Raisi focused on justifying Iran’s own offensive attacks.

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during Army Day parade at a military base in northern Tehran, Iran. Raisi warned that the «tiniest invasion» by Israel would bring a «massive and harsh» response, as the region braces for potential Israeli retaliation after Iran’s attack over the weekend.  (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

«Operation True Promise led to authority, unity and cohesion in the country,» Raisi said in his speech, according to translations from Iran International English. «Today, all political groups and factions believe that this response was necessary and a big honor for the country.»

Operation True Promise is the codename for the Iranian drone missile and drone launch against Israel that took place on Saturday last week. 

Iran launched hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel on Saturday in response to an apparent strike on Iran’s embassy compound in Syria on April 1 that killed 12 people, including two Iranian generals. It was the first ever direct Iranian military attack on Israel.

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Missile on a sign in Iran

Motorists drive their vehicles past a billboard depicting named Iranian ballistic missiles in service, with text in Arabic reading «the honest [person’s] promise» and in Persian «Israel is weaker than a spider’s web», in Valiasr Square in central Tehran. Iran on April 14 urged Israel not to retaliate militarily to an unprecedented attack overnight, which Tehran presented as a justified response to a deadly strike on its consulate building in Damascus.  (ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel, with help from the U.S., the United Kingdom, neighboring Jordan and other nations, successfully intercepted nearly every missile and drone that Iran launched. Israel boasted of a 99% success rate, through the use of its Iron Dome and David’s Sling systems.

Following the Iranian launch, Raisi said the attack was a limited one — and that if Iran was provoked to carry out a bigger attack, «nothing would remain from the Zionist regime,» the official IRNA news agency reported.

The Iranian supreme leader’s decision not to address Israel’s retaliatory strike shows a drastic gap between this previous rhetoric and the country’s disposition moving forward.

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Iranian soldiers march past President Ebrahim Raisi during a military parade as part of a ceremony marking the country’s annual army day in the capital Tehran. (ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel and Iran have waged a shadow war for decades, with the war coming to a head over the past few months as Iran has supported Hamas, which carried out the deadliest terror attack in Israel’s history on Oct. 7.

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El alto precio que deben pagar los presos en Ucrania para conseguir la libertad: luchar en el frente contra Rusia

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En una colonia penitenciaria rural en el sureste de Ucrania, varios presos se reúnen bajo alambre de púas para escuchar a un reclutador del ejército ucraniano que les ofrece una oportunidad de libertad condicional. A cambio, deben unirse a la batalla contra Rusia.

“Puedes poner fin a esto y empezar una nueva vida”, dijo el reclutador, un integrante de un batallón de asalto voluntario. “Lo principal es tu voluntad, porque vas a defender la patria. No lo conseguirás con el 50%, tienes que dar el 100% de ti mismo, incluso el 150%”.

Ucrania está ampliando el reclutamiento ante la grave escasez de personal en el campo de batalla después de más de dos años de combate contra la invasión rusa. Y sus labores de reclutamiento se han dirigido, por primera vez, a la población penitenciaria del país.

Aunque Ucrania no anuncia ningún detalle sobre el número de tropas desplegadas ni sobre las bajas, los comandantes en el frente de batalla reconocen abiertamente que enfrentan problemas de falta de personal mientras Rusia sigue acumulando fuerzas en el este de Ucrania y avanzando hacia el oeste.

Un instructor militar ucraniano del Batallón Arey habla con un prisionero convicto que se unió al ejército ucraniano antes de entrenar en el polígono, en la región de Dnipropetrovsk, Ucrania. Foto AP

Más de 3.000 prisioneros ya han sido puestos en libertad condicional y asignados a unidades militares después que el parlamento aprobó dicho reclutamiento en un polémico proyecto de ley de movilización el mes pasado, afirmó a The Associated Press la viceministra de Justicia ucraniana, Olena Vysotska.

El país tiene una población carcelaria de unas 42.000 personas, según las cifras remitidas por el gobierno a la Unión Europea.

Aproximadamente 27.000 reclusos podrían ser elegibles para el nuevo programa, según estimaciones del Ministerio de Justicia.

Convict prisoners which join Ukrainian army train at the polygon, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, June 22, 2024. Ukraine is expanding its military recruiting to cope with battlefield shortages more than two years into fighting Russia’s full-scale invasion. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Convict prisoners which join Ukrainian army train at the polygon, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, June 22, 2024. Ukraine is expanding its military recruiting to cope with battlefield shortages more than two years into fighting Russia’s full-scale invasion. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

“Gran parte de la motivación proviene del deseo (de los reclusos) de regresar a casa como héroes y no de regresar de la prisión”, dijo Vysotska.

Ernest Volvach, de 27 años, quiere aceptar la oferta. Está cumpliendo una condena de dos años por robo en la colonia penitenciaria de la región ucraniana de Dnipropetrovsk. Trabaja en la cocina, sirviendo comida en tazones de hojalata.

“Es una estupidez estar aquí sin hacer nada”, dijo Volvach, añadiendo que desde el inicio de la guerra quería “hacer algo por Ucrania” y tener la oportunidad de alistarse. “Ahora ha surgido”.

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