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Iran says will hit Hormuz, US bases, Israel if attacked
TEHRAN - The head of
Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards on Sunday warned of retaliation
against the Gulf's strategic Strait of Hormuz, US bases in the Middle
East and Israel if his country was to be attacked.
General Mohammad Ali
Jafari, speaking in a very rare news conference in Tehran, also said
that he believed Iran would abandon the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
should it be targeted for military action.
The warnings underlined
the high tensions surrounding Iran and its disputed nuclear programme,
which Israel has threatened it could seek to disrupt with air strikes,
with or without US help.
Jafari said the Strait
of Hormuz, the narrow channel at the entrance of the Gulf through which a
third of the world's traded oil passes, would be a legitimate target
for Iran should it be attacked.
"This is a declared
policy by Iran that if war occurs in the region and the Islamic republic
is involved, it is natural that the Strait of Hormuz as well as the
energy (market) will face difficulties," he said.
Jafari suggested that US
military bases -- such as those in Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab
Emirates and Saudi Arabia -- would also be fair game for retaliation by
Iranian missiles or proxy forces.
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