A senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officer, Brigadier General Ebrahim Rostami, has confirmed his country’s readiness to strike Israel’s Dimona nuclear reactor, and warned that Tehran has a surprise “that is more significant than nuclear weapons” in terms of its importance.
Rostami is the former head of international relations for the IRGC. “The IRGC has conducted military exercises simulating targeting the Dimona reactor inside Israel,” he said on Tuesday. “Iran has a big surprise that is more important than nuclear weapons, and we will keep this surprise hidden until zero hour comes.”
However, Iranian government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani reiterated Tehran’s rejection of any war in the region and any regional escalation. Mohajerani stressed that Iran “does not give up on its national interests… [and that] the recent Iranian response in Israel was a small portion of Iran’s military and missile power.”
She added that Iran is prepared to repeat larger and more widespread attacks at the appropriate time and place. “This will be without hesitation or leniency, and not merely reactive.”
Source » middleeastmonitor