They want to say unprovoked so bad but they know we all saw the news stories about Israel bombing that consulate.

I did see a few headlines that used "unprovoked" here and there. Western media is truly awful, so much contempt for their readers.

Iran's retaliation is "unprovoked" just like Russia's intervention in donnbas, western ghouls can't fathom a country reacting to their constant provocations. As such everybody who tries to resist western aggression is automatically an "unprovoked attacker"