Iran naval manuevers in the Straits of Hormuz could be a warning that it can block oil shipments through the strategic waterways. Iran has been under threat from the US and Israel., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.
Iran threatens retaliation on US military bases within minutes of attack
The Associated Press
Iran's semi-official news agency Fars is reporting the country can destroy nearby U.S. military bases and strike Israel within minutes of an attack on the Islamic Republic.
The Wednesday report quotes Gen. Ami Ali Hajizadeh of the powerful Revolutionary Guards as saying U.S. bases, and Israel — which he referred to as "occupied territories" — are in range of Iran's missiles and could be struck as a retaliatory measure.
"Measures have been taken so that we could destroy all these bases in the early minutes of an attack," said Hajizadeh, chief of the Guards' airspace division.
Iran and the West are at odds over Tehran's nuclear ambitions and neither Israel nor the U.S. have ruled out a military strike on the country if diplomacy fails to stop its nuclear program.
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