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Iran has threatened West by saying that it will target any country used as a launchpad for attacks against its soil.

Issuing warning to world powers over its nuclear ambitions,Iran’s deputy Revolutionary Guards commander,Gen. Hossein Salami did not clearly eleborate to  which countries he meant as possible hosts for military action against it.
“Any place where enemy offensive operations against the Islamic Republic of Iran originate will be the target of a reciprocal attack by the Guard’s fighting units,”  Salami said.

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also issued stern warning to West by saying that ” Iran has its “own threats” to respond to any military attack or sanctions against its oil exports.’
The tensions between Iran  and West  has increased after U.S. defense secretary said Israel was likely to bomb Iran nuclear installations  with or without US help  within months to stop it assembling nuclear weapons.
“In response to threats of oil embargo and war, we haveour own threats which will be implemented at the right time,if necessary,” he said.

The West has also ramped up sanctions aimed at severely curbing Iran’s vital oil exports.
Israel’s defence minister said  there is growing international awareness that military action against Iran’s nuclear programme will have to beconsidered.
Ehud Barak told  that he senses a change in international thinking. He says world leaders are increasingly realising that if sanctions don’t stop Iran’s nuclear programme, “there will be a need to consider action.”
President Barack Obama has said that Israel has not made a decision yet on attacking Iran’s nuclear installations, noting that he still prefers to use diplomacy.
“I do not think Israel has taken a decision on what they need to do,” Obama told .Obama said he believes that the tough international sanctions are hurting the Iranian regime.
“We have mobilized the international community in anunprecedented way. They are feeling the pinch. They are feeling the pressure,” he said.

Until Iran commit itself to peaceful use of nuclear energy and leaves its nuclear weapon programme, both the USare Israel are going to be very concerned about it.

The U.S. and its Western allies accuse Iran of producing atomic weapons while Iran maintained  its  program is meant to produce fuel for future nuclear power reactors and medical radioisotopes needed for cancer patients.
Israel and the U.S. have  have threatened that all ‘options are on the table’ including military action, if Iran continues with its uranium enrichment program.