Iran warned Israel not to attack its nuclear facilities and threatened to respond in the same way if the atomic sites of the country are attacked.
“The nuclear centers of the Zionist enemy have been identified and the necessary intelligence on all objectives it is at our disposal,” said Ahmad Haghtalab, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps responsible for protecting Iran’s nuclear facilities.
“The Fingers are on the trigger to launch powerful missiles to destroy targets determined in response to his possible action,” the Islamic Republic’s state news agency quoted him as saying.
Iran could “review” its policies nuclear weapons due to Israeli threats, he added, without giving further details. The Islamic Republic says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.
Tehran is preparing for a possible Israeli response to its weekend missile and drone attack on the Jewish state.
An attack on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program would be one of the most aggressive potential scenarios. The United States is urging Israel to show restraint after it successfully intercepted most of the Iranian attack.
Israel It has a nuclear research center near the desert city of Dimona. The country is widely believed to have nuclear weapons, but he has neither confirmed nor denied it.
Does Iran have nuclear weapons?
The Iranian atomic program has made great progress in recent years after the collapse of the nuclear agreement signed in 2015, although the country It does not have nuclear weapons.
According to the most recent IAEA report, issued last February in Vienna, Iran produces uranium highly enriched, up to 60 percent, a material that barely has civil uses but does have military uses.
Iran launched an attack with missiles and drones against Israel last Saturday, in retaliation for the bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus on April 1, in which seven members of the Revolutionary Guard died.
Israel has stated that they will respond to the Iranian attack, to which Tehran has raised the tone of its warnings and has in turn assured that it will take measures against a possible Israeli retaliation.
With information from EFE
