Iran Threatens Retaliation over Car Bombing that Martyred 27

By Staff, Agencies

The head of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard has threatened to retaliate against neighboring Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates over a suicide car bombing this week that martyred 27 members of the elite organization.

Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari spoke late Friday at one of the two funeral ceremonies for the victims of Wednesday's attack in the central Iranian city of Isfahan. He said the United States and “Israel” had ordered Saudi Arabia and the UAE to carry out the attack, which wounded 12.

"We definitely will retaliate," Jafari said in comments reported Saturday by the semiofficial Tasnim news agency.