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Attacking Iran will spell Israel’s end: Cleric

A senior Iranian cleric says the Zionist Occupation Israeli threats of a military strike on Iran are mere “psychological warfare” as Tel Aviv fully understands any such venture would lead to its “total annihilation”.

“There has been some talk in the media for some time of a military move [against Iran] by the Zionist regime [of Israel] in particular; these menacing murmurs are nothing but psychological warfare,” Ayatollah Seyyed Ahmad Khatami said on Monday.

Last year during a period, foreign media created hype about a war [against Tehran] and anyone who paid attention to these media felt the US would attack Iran the following day,” he said.

The senior Iranian cleric, who is a member of the presiding board of the Assembly of Experts, said Zionist Occupation Israeli officials know that a military offensive against Iran would mean the complete annihilation of the Zionist regime

“We are not aggressors but our response to aggressors will be devastatingly crushing.”

Ayatollah Khatami further referred to the failed Zionist Occupation Israeli invasion of Lebanon during the 33-Day war in 2006 as evidence that Tel Aviv stands no chance against a more powerful and better equipped Iran.

“They could not even endure resist against Hezbollah weapons, with a maximum range of 70 kilometers, and [were forced to] raise their hands in surrender after 33 days. So how will they ever withstand Iranian missile might?”

The US, Zionist Occupation Israel and some of their allies have accused Tehran of pursuing military objectives in its nuclear energy program.

Iran has refuted the allegations over its nuclear energy program, arguing that as a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Tehran is entitled to the peaceful use of nuclear technology.

The IAEA has conducted numerous inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities, but has never found any evidence indicating that its nuclear energy program has been diverted towards nuclear weapons production.

The US and the EU have used Iran’s nuclear energy program as a pretext to impose sanctions against Tehran, while Tel Aviv has issued threats of a military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities. Washington has also repeatedly threatened the Islamic Republic with “all options” on the table.

Iranian officials have promised a crushing response to any military strike against the country, warning that any such measure could result in a war that would spread beyond the Middle East.

In an address on the occasion of Nowruz (Iranian new year) last week, The Leader of Islamic Ummah and Oppressed People Imam Seyyed Ali Khamenei said the Iranian nation will retaliate in kind to any possible attack against the country by the US or Zionist Occupation Israel.

“We do not possess a nuclear weapon and we will not build one, but we will defend ourselves against any aggression, whether by the US or the Zionist regime, at the same level,” The Leader of Islamic Ummah and Oppressed People Imam Seyyed Ali Khamenei said.

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