FACT - Israel bombed an Iranian Embassy and killed people

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197. What "international law" would that be?

Israel bombed an Iranian Embassy complex. Is that allowed?

Israel can likely argue that its actions did not violate international law’s protections for diplomatic missions, experts say.

A member of the Revolutionary Guards, which oversee the Quds Force, told the Times that the strike on Monday had targeted a meeting in which Iranian intelligence officials and Palestinian militants were discussing the war in Gaza. Among them were leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a group armed and funded by Iran.

Iran has long blurred the lines between its diplomatic missions and its military operations in the Middle East. It selects its ambassadors to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen — countries that make up the “axis of resistance” — from the commanders of the Quds Forces, the external branch of the Revolutionary Guards Corps, rather than its career diplomats. In 2021, Mohammad Javad Zarif, then Iran’s foreign minister, said in a leaked recording that Iran’s foreign policy in the region is determined by its field military operations and not traditional diplomacy set by the foreign ministry.

If the strike targeted individuals engaged in military operations against Israel, including through a proxy armed group, that would likely mean that the building was a legitimate military target, Shany said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/world/europe/interpreter-israel-syria-embassy.html

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Iran itself admitted to the UN that

Tragically, these heinous attacks resulted in the martyrdom of seven Iranian personnel, including senior military advisers, and some others were injured. Alongside the complete destruction of the consular building, the Embassy’s administrative parts also suffered significant damage due to the explosions.

https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15650.doc.htm