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Iran warns it will retaliate on NATO bases if attacked by U.S. or Israel

Iran threatens to bomb Turkey if U.S. or Israel attacks its nuclear installations, By DAILY MAIL REPORTER, 28th November 2011 Iran will bomb Turkey if the U.S. or Israel tries to destroy its nuclear installations, a senior military commander warned today.

General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of the aerospace division of the powerful Revolutionary Guard, threatened to target Nato’s missile defence shield in the neighbouring country. The system which Turkey only agreed to install in September, is designed to prevent Iranian missile attacks on Israel.

The warning is part of is part of a new strategy devised by the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that consists of responding ‘to threats with threats’.

General Hajizadeh said: ‘Should we be threatened, we will target NATO’s missile defense shield in Turkey and then hit the next targets.’

Tensions have been rising between Iran and the West since the release of a report earlier this month by the International Atomic Energy Agency……

A military installation in the Turkish town of Kurecik, some 435 miles west of the Iranian border, has been designated as the radar site, according to Turkish government officials.

General Hajizadeh said the United States also plans to install similar stations in Arab states, which has spurred Iran to alter its military defence strategy.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters, is also commander in chief of Iran’s armed forces.

Another senior Guard commander, Yadollah Javani, threatened that Tehran will target Israel’s nuclear facilities should the Jewish state attack Iran.

‘If Israel fires a missile at our nuclear facilities or vital installations, it should know that Israel’s nuclear centres will be the target of our missiles,’ the semiofficial ISNA news agency quoted him as saying…..

Tensions have increased in recent weeks between Iran and the U.S., with several American neoconservatives urging the Obama administration to use covert action against Iran and kill some of its top officials, including Soleimani.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2066959/Iran-threatens-bomb-Turkey-U-S-Israel-attack-nuclear-installations.html#ixzz1f2lWZI1z

November 28, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, weapons and war