Just a week after Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, emphasised the dominance of media over missiles and drones in modern conflicts, Israel’s attack flattened Iran’s consular annexe in Damascus, compelling Khamenei to adopt a more aggressive stance, vowing retaliation against Israel. Following this attack, which claimed the lives of at least 13 individuals, including seven high-ranking commanders and officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Iran’s president and foreign minister swiftly threatened Israel with reprisals. However, these assurances failed to satisfy Tehran’s har…