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Iran warns of ‘unimaginable’ response to Israel attack
Iran promised a “harsh and regretful” response to the deadly Israeli attack on Iranian military facilities.
“The recent action of the Zionist regime in attacking parts of our country was a desperate move and the Islamic Republic of Iran will give it a harsh and regretful response,” Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani, a senior aide to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying by Tasnim news agency.
He praised Iran’s air defence performance in “preventing the entry of the Zionist regime fighters into the territory” and said damage from the strikes was “minimal”. Also on Thursday, General Hossein Salami, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, warned of an “unimaginable” response to Israel.
“Israel has reached the stage of collapse and these days it acts blindly and without abiding to any rules it commits every crime,” said Salami.
Netanyahu: Israel can strike any location in Iran if necessary
Netanyahu, in a speech to new military officers, says Israel has unprecedented freedom of action after its recent air strikes against Iran.
“Israel today has more freedom of action in Iran than ever. We can reach any place in Iran as necessary,” Netanyahu said. “The supreme goal I gave to the Israeli [military] and the security branches is to prevent Iran from achieving a nuclear weapon.”
Israel’s "supreme objective" is stopping Iran getting nuclear weapons, Netanyahu says
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s “supreme objective” is stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons, in a speech outlining his strategy as Israel battles Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
Addressing Israeli soldiers graduating from a military officer course at a training base in southern Israel, Netanyahu said Iranian capabilities had been diminished following direct strikes and attacks on Iranian proxies.
“The brash words of the leaders of the regime in Iran cannot cover up the fact that Israel has greater freedom of action in Iran today than ever before. We can reach anywhere in Iran as needed,” the prime minister said.
“The supreme objective that I have set for the IDF and the security services is to prevent Iran from attaining nuclear weapons,” he added.
“Halting the nuclear program has been – and remains – our chief concern. I have not removed, we have not removed and we will not remove our eyes from this goal.”
When striking Iran last week, Israel targeted missile manufacturing sites and aerial defense systems rather than nuclear facilities.
Netanyahu also used his speech to sound a note of caution, saying: “great challenges are still ahead of us and I do not underestimate our enemies at all.”
Iran is only recently debating starting up their Nuclear weapons program again because of Israeli aggression.
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The U.S. government assessed prior to the JCPOA that Iran had not mastered all of the necessary technologies for building a nuclear weapon. However, Tehran may now be conducting work on such technologies.
The 2024 U.S. Intelligence Community Annual Threat Assessment published by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) observes that “Iran is not currently undertaking the key nuclear weapons-development activities necessary to produce a testable nuclear device.” But this phrase is absent from a July 2024 ODNI assessment of Tehran’s nuclear program.
