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Following missile test, Iran warns Israel against attack

Israel Materials 28 September 2009 18:23 (UTC +04:00)
Iran's defense minister warned Israel again on Monday against launching any attack on the Islamic Republic, shortly after the Islamic Republic tested missiles it said could hit Israel.
Following missile test, Iran warns Israel against attack

Iran's defense minister warned Israel again on Monday against launching any attack on the Islamic Republic, shortly after the Islamic Republic tested missiles it said could hit Israel, Haaretz reported.

"If this happens, which of course we do not foresee, its ultimate result would be that it expedites the Zionist regime's last breath," Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on state television.

Israeli leaders have repeatedly expressed alarm over Iran's nuclear ambitions and refused to rule out pre-emptive military action to stop Iran developing an atomic weapon.

Israel considers Iran a strategic threat due to its nuclear program, missile development and repeated references by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Israel's destruction.

Iran, which insists its nuclear work is for peaceful power generation, has often shrugged off the possibility of any such strikes.

Vahidi, a former commander in the elite Revolutionary Guards, said that in the event of an Israeli attack its "lifespan, which is today coming to an end, would be speeded up."

He added that the "Zionist regime", the term Iran uses for Israel, was on a "slope of destruction."

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