USA warns Iran: Can’t stop Israel if attacked
Published: Sunday, Nov 3rd 2024, 04:10
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According to media reports, the US government has warned Iran of another attack on Israel. If Tehran were to attack Israel again as announced, Washington could hardly persuade the government in Jerusalem to exercise restraint, the US news website "Axios" reported, citing a US official and a former Israeli official.
For its part, the online service "Walla", which belongs to the Israeli newspaper "The Jerusalem Post", reported that the US government had warned Iran via Swiss diplomats that it would not be able to persuade the Israeli armed forces to limit themselves to a relatively limited and precise counter-attack in the event of an Iranian attack. The warning thus represented a rare contact between the two hostile countries, the USA and Iran.
Iran threatens devastating response
Iran's religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has threatened his arch-enemies Israel and the USA with a decisive response following the recent military confrontations. "The enemies, whether the Zionist regime or America, will certainly receive a devastating response to what they are doing to Iran and the resistance front," said Khamenei. Whether this also meant a military response to the Israeli retaliatory attack a week ago was initially left open.
Last week, Israel attacked several military installations and the air defense system in Iran. This was in response to an attack by Iran with around 200 missiles at the beginning of October. Several high-ranking officials and military officers in Iran had recently said that the Israeli attack would not go unanswered.
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