India’s central terrorism agencies have concluded that a local Shiite terrorist cell backed by Iran’s IRGC Quds force was behind the attack that targeted the Israeli embassy in New Delhi in late January. Hindustan Times Monday reported. Evidence gathered at the blast scene pointed to Iran’s involvement early in the investigation. A handwritten notice in English found on the blast was addressed to Israeli Ambassador to India Ron Malka, who warned Israel to take revenge for the assassination of the Iranian Quds Force commander. Qasem Soleimani in January 2020 and Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in November 2020. CCTV footage from the blast site showed a taxi dropping two people near the embassy shortly before the bomb went off. According to India’s anti-terrorism experts who led the investigation, the The attack was part of Iran’s asymmetric warfare against Israel, according to Hindustan Times. “The fact that the bomb was not of high intensity, with no human targets in mind, was perhaps because the Iranians did not want to insult a friendly nation like India. But the message was clear and the threat is real, “an expert involved in the investigation told the Hindustan Times. This explosion is not the first against Israeli targets in India: on February 13, 2012, two bombs hit Israel. diplomatic cars planted in New Delhi and in Tbilisi, Georgia.Udi Shaham contributed to this report.
