US officials says no indication Israel will target Iran nuclear facilities: Report
US officials believe Israel has narrowed down targets it intends to attack in Iran to military and energy infrastructure, NBC reports.
Citing unnamed US officials, NBC said there is no indication that Israel will target Iran’s nuclear facilities or carry out more assassinations, though Israel has not yet made final decisions about how and when to act.
Iran has warned that it will respond harshly to any further attacks by Israel.
Nuclear is energy infrastructure... Seems oil reserves are still on the table.
Iran blasts new US oil sanctions as ‘ransom’ to Israel
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman denounced as “illegal and unjustified” new US sanctions on Iran’s oil sector in response to the Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel. Esmail Baghaei said in a statement the sanctions are devoid of any legal or logical basis and referred to them as a form of “ransom payment” to a rogue Israeli state.
“The US, as the most important political backer and top provider of arms used by the Zionist regime in the genocide of Gaza and its aggression against Lebanon, is an accomplice of the regime in the commission of the most severe international crimes,” he said.
Baghaei added Washington is emboldening Israel to continue massacring civilians and endangering regional and global peace and security. US sanctions will not undermine Iran’s “will to defend its sovereignty, territorial integrity, national interests or nationals”, he said.
US ‘putting troops at risk’ by sending them to Israel: Iran
Washington is “putting lives of its troops at risk” by deploying them to Israel in order to operate US missile systems, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned.
“While we have made tremendous efforts in recent days to contain an all-out war in our region, I say it clearly that we have no red lines in defending our people and interests,” he wrote in a post on X.
Araghchi noted the United States has sent record volumes of arms to Israel during its war on Gaza.
The comments come amid news reports that the US is considering sending its advanced THAAD missile defence system to Israel in order to defend it against a potential Iranian response to a looming Israeli attack on Iran. The system requires US personnel on the ground to operate it.
The US has been delivering record amount of arms to Israel. It is now also putting lives of its troops at risk by deploying them to operate US missile systems in Israel.
While we have made tremendous efforts in recent days to contain an all-out war in our region, I say it… pic.twitter.com/wX16CnhT1A
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) October 13, 2024
