Zakharova: The CIA should advise Israel not to strike like the Iranian consulate. Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei published a post in Hebrew on the social network X, in which he made a threat against Israel.

The Israeli air force struck the Iran consulate and residence in the Syrian capital on April 1. The IRGC reported that seven Iranian military advisers were killed in the attack on the consulate. The Iranian government said that seven of its military advisers died in the strike on the Syrian consulate.