By Xinhua,
Tehran : Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said on Monday that the Zionist regime is not in a position to make threats against Iran.
Israel has not enough capacity to threaten Iran, Hosseini told reporters at his weekly press conference.
“The Zionist regime accepted its failure against the resistance of the Lebanese and Palestinian nations. It is faced with the corruption of its officials and makes such unfounded claims to transfer domestic crises to external causes,” said Hosseini.
U.S. daily The New York Times reported last Friday that U.S. military believed Israel’s military exercise earlier this month was a rehearsal for a potential bombing attack on Iran’s nuclear sites.
More than 100 Israeli F-16 and F-15 fighter jets participated in the maneuvers in the eastern Mediterranean and Greece during the first week of June, U.S. officials said.
Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said on Saturday that his troops would counter any attack against the country.
Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najar Sunday warned of a “limitless” response to any military strike, and considered reported Israel’s drill in the eastern Mediterranean and Greece as “psychological operations”.