Iran’s foreign minister warned after CNN reported that Israel might be planning strikes that resulted in the United States being held accountable for an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites.
Iran’s closest allies, Israel’s allies, will hold a fifth round of nuclear talks on Friday amid intense disagreements over Iran’s uranium enrichment, which Washington claims could lead to the development of nuclear weapons.
Tehran has consistently disputed that it wants to bomb and that its nuclear program is intended for civilian use.
In a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, foreign minister Abbas Araghchi wrote that “Iran firmly warns against any adventurism by the Zionist regime of Israel and will stand ready to respond to any threat or unlawful act by this regime.”
“I have called on the international community to take effective preventive measures to stop Israeli threats that, if unchecked, would force Iran to take special measures to defend our nuclear facilities and materials,” Araghchi said.
Tehran, according to the minister, would view any such attack as “participating.”
According to him, “the nature, content, and scope of our actions will be in line with and be proportionate to preventive measures taken by these international organizations in accordance with their statutory duties and obligations.”
Following a CNN report released on Tuesday, which claimed the US had “new intelligence suggesting that Israel was planning to attack Iranian nuclear facilities”
Even though Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to strike Iran’s nuclear sites in advance of its decision to pursue one, Israel has not acknowledged any preparations.
In what could be their fifth round of negotiations, which would see Tehran curtail or end its enrichment of uranium in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions, are scheduled to take place on Friday in Rome between the US and Iran.
Israel has opposed a deal like this between the US and Iran on numerous occasions.
Separately, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is under the direct command of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned Israel that an “devastating and decisive response” would be imposed if it attacked Iran.
According to IRGC spokesman Alimohammad Naini, “They are trying to frighten us with war, but are miscalculating because they are ignorant of the formidable popular support the Islamic Republic can muster in times of war.”
Source: Aljazeera
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