Nigeria, April 20 -- Israel, on Monday, 1 April, attacked the Iranian Embassy in Damascus, killing 16 persons, including two Iranian Generals, Mohammed Reza Zahedi and Mohammed Hadi Haji Rahimi.

There were no apologies. No sense of remorse. Rather, the Israeli Army Spokesman, Daniel Hagari, declared: "The ones attacked were engaged in terrorism against Israel."

The attempt in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to discuss the attacks were blocked by the United States, Britain and France.

For Israel, the attacks were routine. After all, it had carried out over a dozen previous attacks against Iran, including within the country, and the Iranians had not responded.

It, therefore, came as a shock when on 13 April, Iran, according t...