Iran’s top military chief warned that his country would retaliate harshly against an Israeli strike on its nuclear sites, as Israel successfully test-fired a new ballistic missile.
Responding to reports that Israel was preparing to launch an attack against Iran, the Islamic Republic’s chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Hassan Fairouz Abadi, reportedly told Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency Nov. 2 that Iran would strike back hard against Israel and the United States.
“America knows that a Zionist military strike in Iran would cause it major damages in addition to the damages caused to this regime,” Abadi said.
A report by the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, is due in mid-November, and reportedly will offer new details about Iran’s nuclear program.
Saying that the test of a new ballistic missile was planned and had no connection to a possible attack on Iran, the Israeli military successfully fired a ballistic missile Nov. 2 from Palmachim Airbase in central Israel, according to a statement from the Defense Ministry.
Foreign media believe Israel has missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons. — jta