Iranian senior military officer Mohsen Rezaee said his country was close to launching attacks on Ukraine in response to an incident in the Caspian Sea.
Last month, Ukrainian forces struck an Iranian commercial cargo that was transporting military equipment to Russia, killing an Iranian civilian sailor.
Diplomats defused the situation by reaching out to Tehran after the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps indicated it would carry out retaliatory strikes.
Rezaee confirmed the plan in an interview with the state media, saying, “We were prepared to attack three locations in Ukraine, but canceled it after the country apologized.”
He, however, vowed Iran will not allow the opening of a s...
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IRGC official Rezaee reveals Iran almost attacked Ukraine
Source: Daily Post
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