Iran warned Israel on Tuesday against attacking any of its infrastructure, amid fears of a possible Israeli assault on oil or nuclear sites in the Islamic Republic following Tehran’s missile attack on Israel last week.
“We advise the Zionist regime (Israel) not to test the resolution of the Islamic Republic. If any attack against our country takes place, our response will be more powerful,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday.
“Any attack against infrastructure in Iran will provoke an even stronger response,” he added.
Araghchi was speaking at an event in Tehran celebrating the first anniversary of the Hamas terror group’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, when thousands of terrorists killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took 251 hostages, starting the ongoing war in Gaza.
The Islamic Republic fired some 200 ballistic missiles at Israel last week. Much of the barrage was intercepted by air defenses, and the attack ultimately killed one Palestinian and wounded two Israelis. READ MORE