Iran has warned Israel that if it retaliates for last week’s attack, Iran will respond in kind and even pursue the use of nuclear weapons.
tehran, iran – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned that it could attack Israel’s nuclear facilities and pursue nuclear weapons if Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear facilities.
The development comes after Israeli authorities pledged on Thursday to respond to Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel last week in retaliation for the Israeli military’s alleged targeting of its consulate in Tehran, Syria. This situation happened.
Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news website quoted Brigadier General Ahmad Khatalab of the Revolutionary Guards as saying: “The nuclear facilities of the Zionist enemy have been identified and all necessary information from all targets is at our disposal.” He was reported to have said.
The commander of the Revolutionary Guards Corps, which is tasked with protecting Iran’s nuclear facilities, said: “In response to a possible attack by the designated target, we will use the trigger to launch a powerful missile to destroy the designated target.” “I’m holding it,” he said.
Khattarab also issued Iran’s highest level and most direct warning yet that it may abandon its previous policy of refraining from building a nuclear bomb.
“If the pseudo-Zionist regime wishes to use the threat of attacking our nuclear center as a tool, it is likely to reconsider the doctrine and policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran and deviate from the considerations previously stated and imagine It can be done.” .
Iran’s main nuclear facilities, particularly those at Natanz in central Isfahan, have been hit by a major sabotage attack blamed on Israel, amid a shadow war that has lasted more than a decade and has also seen several Iranian nuclear scientists assassinated. I’ve been exposed to it many times.
However, Israel has never directly attacked Iranian soil, let alone Iranian nuclear facilities.
In March 2022, the elite force’s new nuclear security command unit was mentioned publicly for the first time after the Revolutionary Guards announced they had thwarted further attacks after several high-profile acts of sabotage.
Iran is currently enriching uranium to up to 60 percent, a technological step away from the 90 percent enrichment needed for an atomic bomb.
The country also has enough fissile material for several bombs, making it the breaking point for a nuclear power.
However, according to assessments by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and U.S. intelligence agencies, the further steps needed to actually build a bomb have not yet been undertaken.
Iran has so far said it has no plans to pursue nuclear weapons, even as the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers has been slowly faltering following the U.S.’s unilateral withdrawal in 2018. .
Thursday’s warning came as Iran’s top political and military leaders pledged a swift and strong response if Israel decides to attack.
Hassan Abedini, an Iranian state media executive and adviser, posted on X on Thursday a photo of his meeting with Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of the Revolutionary Guard’s aerospace division.
According to him, Hajizadeh said that during last week’s attack, his forces refrained from using their main ballistic missiles, including the Khorramshahr, Sarjir, Hajj Qassem, Keibar Shekhan 2 and Fattah family hypersonic missiles. .
The Revolutionary Guards are exercising “minimum capabilities” and are ready for further large-scale attacks, he reportedly said, which likely means Iran has a significant amount of its long-range ballistic missile arsenal. This was probably in response to claims by US military officials that the area had been depleted.
