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Iranian official warns US against direct involvement in conflict: ‘All necessary military options on the table’
In this Nov. 21, 2019 file photo Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Kazem Gharibabadi, waits for the start of the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, file)
Iran’s deputy foreign minister warns against any direct US involvement in the conflict between Israel and Iran, saying Iran has “all the necessary options on the table,” in comments reported by Iranian state media.
“If the US wants to actively intervene in support of Israel, Iran will have no other option but to use its tools to teach aggressors a lesson and defend itself… our military decision-makers have all necessary options on the table,” Kazem Gharibabadi says, according to state media.
“Our recommendation to the US is to at least stand by if they do not wish to stop Israel’s aggression,” he says.
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