The Iranian
authorities
warned this Tuesday that
they will respond in “seconds” with “weapons not used until now”
if
Israel
decides to retaliate for the attack with drones and missiles deployed last Saturday on its territory.
“The Zionists must know that this time they will not have 12 days and the answer they will receive will not be in hours or days, it will be given in seconds,” Iran's deputy foreign minister and chief nuclear negotiator said in an interview on state television.
Ali Bagheri Kani
.
Bagheri's reference was to a possible Israeli retaliation against Saturday's attack on its archenemy, which was also a response to the bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus on April 1.
For his part, the spokesman for the National Security Commission of the Iranian Parliament, Abolfazl Amouei, stated that
no "significant power" was used in Saturday's attack
.
“We are ready to use weapons not used until now.
We have plans for all scenarios
,” Amouei said, according to the
Mehr
agency .
On Monday, Israel's Army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said
there will be an Israeli "response"
to Saturday's Iranian drone and missile attack, but did not offer further details.
The Israeli media Haartez, which cites sources close to the discussions, said this Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is inclined to attack Iran militarily, but that international pressure to avoid an escalation in the region will have a great weight on him. the decision.
"We are looking ahead, considering our steps, and this launching of so many missiles, cruise missiles and drones into the territory of the State of Israel will receive a response," Halevi said during a visit to the Nevatim air base in the south. which received minor damage during the attack.
Iran warned Western countries
The Iranian Armed Forces warned the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany that
it will "cut off their legs" if they cross "the limits" in their support for Israel
, a country that it asked them to stop supporting. The warning came after the gestures of support from Western countries to the Israeli State after Iran's attack with missiles and drones on Saturday.
“We reiterate to some of the heads of state of the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany to stop supporting the
dying, evil, illegal, terrorist and child-killing
regime
(Israel),” the spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces, Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi.
According to the Tasnim agency, Shekarchi assured: "If anyone, including you and the regime (Israel), crosses the limits we will cut off their legs with more force than the previous response to Israel."
With information from EFE.
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