Iran: We will flatten Tel Aviv if attacked

Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council, Mohsen Rezaie yesterday threatened to level Tel Aviv if Israel moved militarily against the Islamic Republic.

“About Netanyahu’s unwise words, I should say that if they carry out the slightest unwise move against Iran, we will level Tel Aviv to the ground and will not give any opportunity to Netanyahu to flee,” Iran’s Fars news agency quoted Rezaie saying.

The Iranian official’s comments are in response to threats by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who said: “We will act if necessary not just against Iran’s proxies but against Iran itself.”

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Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Sunday, Netanyahu waved a piece of metal which he said was part of an Iranian drone downed by the Israeli army last week and said: “I have a message to the tyrants in Tehran, do not test Israel’s resolve.”

Rezaie, who is also former chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, said: “We now face two enemies, one has large financial corruption files, and the other has many files in courts over the elections” referring to Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump.

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