Iranian Top Commander: Nothing To Remain of "Israel", If Iran Attacked
Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari warned of Iran's full-scale, crushing response to any "Israeli" aggression, saying that nothing will remain of "Israel" if it takes military action against Tehran over its nuclear program.
"Our response to "Israel" is clear: I think nothing will remain of "Israel" (should it attack Iran). Given "Israel's" small land area and its vulnerability to a massive volume of Iran's missiles, I don't think any spot in "Israel" will remain safe," General Jafari said.
He said Iran's response to any attack will begin near the Occupied Palestinian border.
In parallel, he stated that he did not believe that "Israel" would attack on its own.
Should the US launch a strike, Jafari suggested that Iran could respond with missile salvos at US bases in the Persian Gulf.
"The US military bases sprawled around Iran are considered a big vulnerability. Even the missile shields that they have set up, based on information we have, could only work for a few missiles but when exposed to a massive volume of missiles, the shields will lose their efficiency and will not work," he highlighted.
He also confirmed that Iran warned that oil shipments through the strategic Strait of Hormuz will be in jeopardy if a war breaks out between Iran and the United States.
Iranian officials have previously threatened to close the waterway, the route for two-fifth of the world's oil.
"If a war breaks out where one side is Iran and the other side is the West and US, it's natural that a problem should occur in the Strait of Hormuz. Export of energy will be harmed. It's natural that this will happen," he said.
In a rare press conference, Jafari emphasized that "if attacked, Iran will no longer be committed to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, under whose terms UN inspectors visit Iranian nuclear sites."
He said , however, that "this does not mean that Iran would build a nuclear weapon."
"If the world and international organizations fail to prevent such an attack, it's natural that Iran's commitments (to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty) would naturally change and the situation would be different from the past. These are the risks and consequences that such an attack will bring about, and these matters would be a deterrent."
Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
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