Middle East conflict
US warns Iran: Cannot stop Israel if attacked
Washington and Tehran hardly speak to each other. Now the US government has issued a rare warning: If Iran attacks Israel again, Washington cannot moderate its ally.
According to media reports, the US government has warned Iran against another attack on Israel. If Tehran attacks Israel again as announced, Washington would hardly be able to persuade the government in Jerusalem to show restraint, reported the US news site “Axios”, citing a US official and a former Israeli official.
For its part, the online service “Walla”, which is part of the Israeli newspaper “The Jerusalem Post”, reported that the US government had warned Iran through Swiss diplomats that in the event of an Iranian attack it would not be able to persuade the Israeli armed forces again to deploy to a relatively limited area and to limit precise counter-strikes. The warning represented a rare contact between the two hostile countries, the USA and Iran.
Iran threatens a devastating response
Iran’s religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has threatened his arch-enemies Israel and the United States with a decisive response following recent military confrontations. “The enemies, whether the Zionist regime or America, will certainly receive a devastating response to what they bring to Iran and the resistance front,” Khamenei said. It initially remained unclear whether this also meant a military response to the Israeli retaliatory attack a week ago.
Israel attacked several military installations and the air defense system in Iran last week. This was in response to an attack by Iran with around 200 missiles at the beginning of October. Recently, several senior officials and military officials in Iran said that the Israeli attack would not go unanswered.
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Source: Stern
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