A high-ranking Iranian air force and intelligence delegation, led by a general, is reported by ... intelligence sources to have landed secretly in the Turkish capital a few days ago. The visitors warned that Iran would not stand by again in the event of another strike against Syria, whether by Israel or the US, or both. Next time, Iran would step in, he said, without specifying in what form. According to our military sources, the Iranian delegation returned to Tehran
empty-handed. The Turks refused to answer questions on the identity of the aircraft that struck a suspected nuclear target in Syria, their movements in Turkish airspace or their altitudes..
The Khorramshar News Agency, which is published by the ethnic Arab underground of Iran’s
oil-rich Khuzestan, reported early Oct. 1 that the entire staff of Russian nuclear engineers and experts employed in building the
nuclear reactor at Bushehr had abruptly packed their bags Friday, Sept. 28,and flew back to Russia.
Monday, Oct. 1, Syrian president Bashar Assad claimed to the BBC that Israel had struck an empty military installation on Sept. 6 and that for Syria to retaliate militarily would be playing by “Israel’s rules.” The Israeli
military thereupon lifted its month-long ban on its publication without adding any further information, in the hope of closing the books on the affair.
The reasoning behind this decision was that if Israel refrained from knocking down Assad’s version of the incident and let it stand as an Israeli intelligence
goof shared by America, Syrian honor would be satisfied and a sequel avoided. However, Assad’s decision to hold his war horses at this time is not a strategic one but forced on him for lack of choice. A stance of helpless inaction is not one he can sustain for long. Stretching it out could affect the stability of his regime.
The above from independent Israeli intelligence source.