After the two countries launched attacks on one another in April, McMaster, who served in that capacity during the Trump administration from 2017 to 2018, told News that there is still a chance of tensions between Iran and Israel growing worse.
Iran said that the attack on Saturday, April 13, was a reprisal for the killing of two of its generals in an incident that Tehran blames on Israel that occurred in Damascus, the capital of Syria.
Israel attacked Isfahan, the location of an Iranian nuclear site as well as a military installation, in retaliation for the Iranian attack.
Mr. McMaster responded, “Iran is pursuing a strategy in which they hope we continue to pretend like we don’t understand what the return address is for all this violence,” when asked if there may be future escalation between the two regional foes.
