Senior Iranian military official warns Israel that if it attacks Iranian nuclear facilities, Tehran is prepared to attack Israeli nuclear sites in retaliation. General Ahmad Haghtalab did not provide information on the means, date, and objectives of a possible retaliation operation.
Israel is considered a nuclear power, although it has never confirmed having atomic weapons. The Iranian atomic program has made great progress in recent years after the collapse of the nuclear agreement signed in 2015, although the country does not have nuclear weapons. It produces highly enriched uranium, up to 60%, a material that has hardly any civil uses but does have military uses. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Argentine Rafael Grossi, stated on Monday that Iran had closed its nuclear facilities "for security reasons" on the day of its attack on Israel. The Iranian regime said it was prepared to do so if the Jewish State attacked them.