An aide to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Netanyahu’s Congress address will “benefit Iran.”
“Netanyahu’s comments at the US Congress will further widen the existing gaps (between Israel and its supporters) in different arenas and finally will benefit Iran,” writes Hamid Aboutalebi, Rouhani’s deputy chief of staff for political affairs, on Twitter, according to the semi-official Fars News Agency.
Iranian official Hamid Aboutalebi (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)
Meanwhile, Iranian General Masoud Jazayeri says Israel is “bluffing” in its military threats against Tehran.
“All high-ranking military experts confirm that the Zionist regime is merely bluffing and is not able to stage the slightest military action against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Jazayeri says, according to Fars.
“Both the Zionists and Americans know well that the countdown for Israel’s annihilation starts the very moment that the slightest attack is staged,” he adds.
Iranian Brig. Gen Masoud Jazayeri (photo credit: image capture from YouTube video uploaded by NTDSpanish)
Jazayeri has threatened Israel and the US numerous times in the past.
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