Iran calls Israeli military threats propaganda
Jerusalem Post – Breaking News.
( They’re either right, or in for a big surprise. – JW )
“If they really wanted to take such a step, they would not make so much noise about it. This is more a psychological and propagandistic move.”
Israel believes Tehran is seeking atomic weapons capability, something it says would put the existence of the Jewish state in peril, and has threatened to strike Iran if diplomatic efforts fail to stop its nuclear progress.
There has been an upsurge in rhetoric from Israeli politicians this month suggesting Israel might attack Iran ahead of the US presidential election in November.
Iran, which denies trying to develop a nuclear bomb, has said it could hit Israel and US bases in the region if it comes under attack.
“Our country is awake and alert,” Salehi was quoted as saying. “We take any small threat seriously and will prepare ourselves to respond to any threat, but that does not mean that these threats are serious.”
WarSclerotic 
August 22, 2012 at 9:01 PM
The surprise for the iranians wont be the attack itself, but the scale and the intensity of it.
August 22, 2012 at 9:32 PM
In the surrealistic realm of the Middle East, events always don’t reflect the realities. It doesn’t require very wild imagination to understand that the Iranian leadership may be fed up with the situation and wishes to get rid of the nuclear program respectfully and close its eyes and mouth shut when its assets are blown up into dust, provided there is no much hue and cry about it.
When in November last year, a missile base was destroyed and the god father of Iran’s missile program was killed, regime blamed the explosion on the technical mishap.