Iran: Israel attacked its own embassies in India and Georgia
Car bomb targeting Israeli embassy
Newscast Media NEW DELHI, India — The Times of India reported yesterday that there had been an attack on the Israeli embassy in India, targeting an embassy car in New Delhi, leaving an Israeli female diplomat critically injured. The same day authorities in Tbilisi, Georgia, said that a car bomb was planted on an Israeli embassy car, but the bomb was diffused in time.
The attacks were blamed on Iran with Netanyahu vowing to act “with a firm hand” to eradicate “international terror coming from Iran.”
On Tuesday, police in Israel also raised the state of alert across the country, spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.
“Israeli police have increased the general state of alert in Israel, with emphasis on security in public places and areas, including foreign embassies and places of foreign interest, such as the airport,” he told AFP.
However, Iran has denied any such attacks and has an interesting take on the incidents. According to the Tehran Times, an Iranian lawmaker says that the terrorist acts are being carried out by Tel Aviv itself with the aim of diverting attention from the assassination of Iranian scientists by the Mossad.
He believes Israel has is blaming the Islamic Republic “to acquit itself from the assassination of our country’s scientists and divert the world public opinion in this regard,” Esmaeil Kowsari told the Mehr News Agency on Tuesday. Kowsari who sits on the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee also said it is not unprecedented that Israelis take such actions against themselves in order to achieve their “mischievous” political purposes.
Israel said they feel very secure in India, and have the full cooperation of the Indian authorities.
“It is very clear to me that no one in India is going to tolerate such a vicious attack on diplomats on its soil,” Israeli ambassador Alon Ushpiz told TimesNow television.
The ambassador, however, declined to discuss security issues related to the Israeli embassy and its staff in India. http://newscastmedia.com/embassy-attacks.html
