Iran's Supreme National Security Committee reportedly signaled that Tehran's retaliatory response to Israel will not necessarily occur tonight or tomorrow, according to a single source. The assessment marks a shift from earlier expectations of an imminent strike, though no official confirmation has been provided.
Iran's Supreme National Security Committee has reportedly conveyed that the country's retaliatory response to Israel will not necessarily take place tonight or tomorrow, according to a single Arabic-language outlet. The statement constitutes a departure from the heightened expectations of an imminent Iranian strike that dominated the evening's reporting, including assessments cited by Israeli media suggesting a window between 00:30 and 03:00 Jerusalem time.
The committee's reported position does not rule out a response entirely, but it defers the timeline and undercuts earlier speculation of a near-term attack. The single-source nature of the report means the information remains unverified, and no official confirmation has been issued by Iranian or Israeli authorities.
As The Zioneer reported earlier (23:04 Jerusalem), Israeli media had cited an assessment that retaliation was expected between 00:30 and 03:00 tonight, based on a single source. Earlier in the evening (20:46 Jerusalem), Iran's Supreme National Security Council stated that 'the response is near,' though tonight's committee statement appears to push that window outward. The relationship between the Council's earlier announcement and the committee's more measured timeline has not been clarified.
The situation remains fluid; the absence of a strike overnight would represent the second time in recent days that an anticipated Iranian retaliation did not materialize within the forecasted window.
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