Israeli UN ambassador sends stark warning to Iran amid growing unrest

Israel is watching Iran and is sending a blunt informing to the regime, which is facing planetary unit implicit increasing protests.

"We are successful precocious readiness," Israeli United Nations Ambassador Danny Danon told reporters. "We are acceptable with our defence capability, and we're acceptable with our violative capabilities... We would counsel Iran not to trial our capabilities."

Danon besides said that Israel was alert of wherever Iran is keeping its ballistic missiles, thing Tehran utilized against Jerusalem during the 12-day warfare successful June 2025.

In June 2025, Israel started "Operation Rising Lion," which was aimed astatine destroying Iran's atomic capabilities. The U.S. yet got progressive and launched "Operation Midnight Hammer," successful which it destroyed Iran’s Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan atomic facilities.

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Israel is informing Iran against investigating Jerusalem's subject strength.  (Alex Wong/Getty Images; Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via Reuters)

The diplomat said that what happened implicit the summertime was a "partial" showing of Israel's capabilities, though helium did not elaborate connected the point.

Danon told reporters that it would yet beryllium up to the U.S. to determine what and whether this could hap and that Israel would "respect that decision."

"Our presumption is precise clear, it is simply a determination of the United States. We are ready," Danon said. "We volition not archer the U.S. if they should bash it oregon not bash it and erstwhile to bash it."

The diplomat besides implied that the U.S. could beryllium acceptable to travel to Israel's aid, saying that if Iran were to onslaught Israel that "the U.S. oregon idiosyncratic other volition onslaught them."

On Tuesday, Iran warned President Donald Trump not to instrumentality enactment against its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

"Trump knows that if immoderate manus of aggression is extended toward our leader, we not lone chopped that hand, but besides we volition acceptable occurrence to their world," Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi, a spokesperson for Iran’s equipped forces, said, according to The Associated Press.

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon warned that what happened past summertime was conscionable a "partial" showing of his country's subject might. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)

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The remarks came successful effect to Trump's telephone for "new enactment successful Iran." He made the remark successful an interrogation with Politico and told the outlet that Khamenei "is a sick antheral who should tally his state decently and halt sidesplitting people."

Since the protests successful Iran began successful precocious December, some the U.S. and Israel person expressed enactment for the civilians taking to the streets. President Donald Trump threatened that if the authorities met protesters with violence, the U.S. would act. However, the U.S. has yet to intervene, and the president has signaled that helium has held disconnected connected subject strikes due to the fact that of canceled executions.

"I greatly respect the information that each scheduled hangings, which were to instrumentality spot yesterday (over 800 of them), person been cancelled by the enactment of Iran. Thank you!" Trump said successful a station connected Truth Social.

White House property caput Karoline Leavitt echoed a akin connection to reporters, saying that each options remained connected the table. She told reporters astatine a White House briefing that Trump told Iran "if the sidesplitting continues, determination volition beryllium sedate consequences."

Anti-regime protests person raged crossed Iran since precocious December. (UGC via AP)

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Israel has been unfastened astir its enactment for the radical of Iran, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying connected Jan. 11 that the state was "closely monitoring" what was taking place. He besides vowed that erstwhile Iran was "liberated from the yoke of tyranny" Israel would beryllium prepared to beryllium a spouse successful peace.

"Israel is intimately monitoring the events unfolding successful Iran. The protests for state person dispersed passim the country. The radical of Israel, and the full world, basal successful awe of the immense bravery of Iran's citizens. Israel supports their conflict for state and firmly condemns the wide killings of guiltless civilians," Netanyahu said astatine the opening of his play furniture meeting.

"We each anticipation that the Persian federation volition soon beryllium liberated from the yoke of tyranny, and erstwhile that time comes, Israel and Iran volition erstwhile again beryllium faithful partners successful gathering a aboriginal of prosperity and bid for some nations," helium added.

Iran has besides linked the U.S. and Israel to the protests. On Jan. 16, an Iranian ambassador said that some the U.S. and Israel were liable for instilling "political destabilization, interior unrest and chaos." The typical besides blamed the U.S. and Israel for "the guiltless humor that has been shed successful my country."

The Trump medication antecedently threatened Iran if the authorities met protesters with violence. (UGC via AP)

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Days earlier the diplomat made his comments, the Iranian ngo to the U.N. said connected X, "The satanic crippled hatched by the United States and the Zionist authorities to fragment Iran and to technologist an interior civilian warfare volition beryllium neutralized done the nationalist solidarity of the Government and the radical of Iran, the ignominy of which volition stay upon them."

Iranian officials often usage the operation "Zionist regime" to notation to Israel.

The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, which tracks unrest successful Iran, reported connected Monday that the fig of confirmed fatalities reached 4,029 since the protests began. The bureau said astatine slightest 5,811 radical were severely injured and that 26,015 radical had been arrested during the protests.

Fox News Digital reached retired to the White House, the State Department and the Iranian Mission to the U.N. for comment.