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Israeli airstrike on Iran consulate in Syria kills six reportedly including IRGC commander (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

If a consulate has similar status to an embassy, I'm guessing not. At that point they would be signing off on a direct bombing of Iranian soil, which is what they've been whisking around the Middle East trying to avoid.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There's only been two attacks on embassies in modern history: the US on China, and now Israel on Iran.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

It's worth noting that this was apparently a consulate attached to an embassy, and the embassy next door was not targeted. That might be the technicality that's covering their ass, but it's unbelievably close to the line if so.

About China, for the curious. There have been other, less air-based incursions into embassies.