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Iran “will respond with full force to any aggression or even threats in a way that will demolish the aggressors from within”, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told students at a Tehran military college, according to his official website.

Mr Khamenei said the message was directed at Iran’s enemies, “especially America and its stooges and the Zionist regime (Israel)”. The supreme leader’s forceful language followed threats last week from Israel that air strikes could be in the offing against Iran’s nuclear facilities.

President Shimon Peres said on Saturday that such action was becoming “more and more likely.” But US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta overnight warned of the risks of a military strike on Iran, saying it could have a “serious impact” on the region without halting Tehran’s nuclear program. “You’ve got to be careful of unintended consequences here,” Mr Panetta said in Washington.
“And those consequences could involve not only not really deterring Iran from what they want to do, but more importantly it could have a serious impact on the region and it could have a serious impact on US forces in the region.”…..

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday “the international community must bring about the cessation of Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons which endanger the peace of the world and of the Middle East.”

Although he did not say what action Israel was looking at taking, media reports last week said he and Defence Minister Ehud Barak were seeking cabinet support for a pre-emptive Israeli attack on Iran.

Israel last week carried out what national media called a “ballistic missile” test, as well as a large-scale civil defence drill simulating the response to conventional and non-conventional missile attacks…..
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