Iran has informed the International Atomic Energy Organization (IAEA) of “threats” from Israel against its nuclear programamid speculation that they could be targeted by Tel Aviv in retaliation for the October 1 missile bombardment.
“We have informed the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Organization (Rafael Grossi) by means of a protest note and We will follow this issue in the UN Security Council“, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ismail Baghaei said at a press conference on Monday.
“Threat to attack a country’s nuclear facilities rejected and condemned in accordance with international documents and resolutions, including Resolution 533,” the diplomat added. Baghaei returned assert that Tehran will respond harshly to any Israeli retaliation: “Our message is clear and has been made public.”
Iranian nuclear authorities have considered in recent weeks as unlikely that Israel will attack its nuclear power plants, although he said the country was prepared for such an eventuality. “First, it is very unlikely that such an incident (an attack on nuclear power plants) will occur, and secondly, in the case of such stupidity, it is very unlikely that it will cause serious damage to the “Iran,” said the spokesperson for the Iranian Atomic Energy Agency. Organization, Behruz Kamalvandi, to the newspaper News.
Iran attacked Israel with some 180 missiles on October 1 as reprisals for the assassinations of Lebanese Hezbollah militia leader Hassan Nasrallaha and an Iranian general in Beirut and of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in July in Tehran. Israel assured that it would react, to which various Iranian political and military authorities have repeatedly declared that they will respond with more force.
