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TEHRAN, May 23 (Xinhua) — Iran will not hesitate to respond to any “violation” and will spare no effort to protect its interests and people, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned on Thursday on social media.
He was responding to a CNN report published Tuesday that cited informed US officials as saying the US had received new intelligence indicating Israel was preparing to strike Iranian nuclear facilities.
Calling such plans “illegal” and “alarming,” A. Araghchi called for their immediate condemnation by the UN Security Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
He noted that earlier in the day, in a letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres and IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi, he called on the international community to take effective preventive measures against ongoing threats from Israel.
The minister stressed that the letter was a serious warning. Iran would take “special measures” to protect its people, interests and nuclear facilities, IRNA quoted him as saying.
If Israel commits any act of aggression against Iran, it will definitely receive a “crushing and decisive” response, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesman Ali Mohammad Naeini was quoted by Tasnim news agency as saying in response to the threats.
The report on Israel’s preparations for potential military action against Iran’s nuclear facilities comes as four rounds of Iranian-American proxy talks on Tehran’s nuclear program and the lifting of U.S. sanctions have taken place since April, with a fifth round expected in Rome on Friday.
In recent days, US officials have repeatedly demanded that Iran completely stop enriching uranium, but Tehran has steadfastly refused. –0–