Likely hinting at Israel, Iran threatens to retaliate to any attack by “the enemy.”
“If the enemy casts a covetous eye on our interests or conducts [even] a slight act of aggression, the Islamic Republic will give an appropriate response at an appropriate time,” Iran’s chief of staff, Mohammad Baqeri, warns, according to Press TV.
“At the present time, the Armed Forces are maintaining a high level of readiness to give a response to any threat and act of aggression by enemies of the Islamic Iran,” he says.
The statement is less combative than recent threats by Iran vowing to retaliate for attacks on its bases in Syria that it blamed on Israel.
Israeli defense officials said this week that the Islamic Republic was planning to launch missile strikes against military bases in the north.
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