Ready for decisive battle with US and Israel: Iran
14 Feb 2014 4:37 AM IST
‘We are ready for the decisive battle with America and the Zionist regime (Israel),’ Fars quoted Firouzabadi as saying.
He also warned neighboring nations not to allow any attack to be launched on Iran from their soil.
‘We do not have any hostility toward regional states, but if we are ever attacked from the American bases in the region we will strike that area back,’ he said.
Washington has many military bases in the region, including in Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said late last month that if diplomacy with Iran fails, ‘the military option of the United States is ready and prepared to do what it would have to do.’
But Firouzabadi accused the US of bluffing.
‘Over the past decade, they brought their forces but came to the conclusion that they can’t attack us and left,’ he said, dismissing the US military threat as nothing but a ‘political bluff.’
President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday the West should not have and delusions about using a military option.
‘I say explicitly, if some have delusions of having any threats against Iran on their tables, they need to wear new glasses. There is no military option against Iran on any table in the world,’ he said.
He also warned neighboring nations not to allow any attack to be launched on Iran from their soil.
‘We do not have any hostility toward regional states, but if we are ever attacked from the American bases in the region we will strike that area back,’ he said.
Washington has many military bases in the region, including in Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said late last month that if diplomacy with Iran fails, ‘the military option of the United States is ready and prepared to do what it would have to do.’
But Firouzabadi accused the US of bluffing.
‘Over the past decade, they brought their forces but came to the conclusion that they can’t attack us and left,’ he said, dismissing the US military threat as nothing but a ‘political bluff.’
President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday the West should not have and delusions about using a military option.
‘I say explicitly, if some have delusions of having any threats against Iran on their tables, they need to wear new glasses. There is no military option against Iran on any table in the world,’ he said.
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