Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has described the killing of two generals in a suspected Israeli air attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus as a "terrorist crime," the official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on Tuesday.
Raisi termed Monday's attack a "gross violation of international rules" and warned that this "treacherous crime will not go unanswered."
Two brigadier generals and five other members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) died in the attack. Iran has blamed Israel.
A Swiss diplomatic representative had been called in to hand over an "important diplomatic note" to the United States regarding the airstrike, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian posted on X early on Tuesday.
The co-responsibility of the United States had been stressed in the meeting with the representative, Amirabdollahian posted. Further details were not provided. Switzerland has represented US interests in Tehran since diplomatic ties were cut some 24 years ago.
The IRGC has identified the generals killed as Mohammad Reza Sahedi and his deputy Mohammad Hadi Haji. Sahedi was responsible for operations in Syria and Lebanon, according to the Iranian news agency Tasnim.
The Israeli government has not commented on the strikes in line with regular practice following attacks outside Israel's borders.
Iran and Israel see each other as archenemies, with the IRGC playing a key role in supporting anti-Israeli forces in Syria and Lebanon.
