(ANSA) - TEHRAN, MARCH 07 - Iran has military plans to "raze Tel Aviv and Haifa" in response to a possible Israeli attack.
The defense minister of Tehran, Amir Hatami, said today after the increase in tensions of the last few days and the warning by the Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu that his country is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
"The position expressed by Guide Ali Khamenei a few years ago that Tel Aviv and Haifa will be razed if the Zionists attack has become a military plan," Hatami said. The Defense Minister then said that for its own security, Iran can rely on the so-called 'Axis of Resistance', that is, regimes such as that of Bashar al Assad in Syria and the militias operating in various countries of the Middle East, such as Syria itself. Lebanon and Iraq.
"The Zionists - added Hatami - utter words bigger than their mouths. But, as the Guide said, they are not at the level where they can carry out hostile acts against Iran". (HANDLE).