TEHRAN, April 16 (MNA) – The Russian president has praised Iran for a "tactful" and "wise" response to Israeli aggression on its consulate in Damascus, Syria.

Iranian president Ebrahim Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi discussed the recent drone and missile retaliatory attack on the Zionist Israeli regime with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin by phone on Tuesday.

In the phone conversation, the Iranian president described Tehran's response to Tel Aviv regime as in conformity with international law and thanked Moscow for its principled and constructive stance against the Israeli aggression on Iran's consulate in Damascus on April 1.

The retaliatory True Promise Operation was aimed at punishing the aggressor Israel for its strike on Iran's Syria consulate, stressing that "We firmly declare that we will respond to any action against Iran's interests with greater force and broader and more painful than the previous [response]." Expressing gratitude for the diplomatic efforts of the Russian government to thwart the conspiracies designed by the United States and some Western countries in the UN Security Council, Raeisi stated that, "Those countries that have adopted double standards in the face of the crimes of the Zionist regime and express concerns about increasing tensions in the region, we advise them to rather stop supporting the Zionists genocide and crimes against the oppressed Palestinian people to preserve peace and stability in the region." This item is being updated....