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Iran vows to hit back if attacked by Western ship in Gulf – Haaretz – Israel News.
Iran’s defense minister warned on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic could strike back at Western warships in the Gulf if it were attacked, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

“The Westerners know well that the existence of these warships in the Persian Gulf serve as the best operational targets for Iran if they should want to undertake any military action against Iran,” Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said.

Iran’s parliament speaker said last week, a day after the assassination of a university scientist, that the country had received early warning days ago that Israeli and U.S. intelligence intended to carry out terrorist acts in Tehran.

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Washington has rejected as “absurd” an accusation that it was involved in a blast that killed nuclear physicist Massoud Ali Mohammadi last Tuesday.

Israel has made no comment. Iran on Sunday vowed to avenge Israel over the murder.

Iran, which is at the center of an international row over its contentious nuclear program, declared last month that it would consider any military action against its nuclear facilities as the beginning of a war.

Speculations abound that Israel or the U.S. would carry out such an attack, but both say that while all options are still on the table, they prefer to exhaust the diplomatic route before taking military action.

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