Go-it-alone attack on Iran not in cards for Israel: Lebanese diplomat

The US has reached the conclusion that a possible attack on Iran will yield no results and the Zionist regime in Tel Aviv lacks the ability to launch a ‘go-it-alone’ attack against Tehran, a Lebanese diplomat says.

Former Lebanese envoy to Washington, Abdallah Bouhabib, told IRNA on Sunday that Israeli pretexts have so far failed to convince American officials and the White House is not really concerned about an Iranian nuclear weapon as it knows none are being produced in the country.

He stressed that Iran has no A-bombs and does not seek to acquire them.

Bouhabib said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who tried to use this pretext to start a war, now knows he cannot make such a decision alone.

The Lebanese diplomat stated that Israel needs the green light from the US for a military attack against Iran, pointing out that even if it is given the go-ahead, Arab countries are against allowing their airspace to be used by fighter jets to attack the Islamic Republic.

Israel has threatened to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities based on the unfounded allegation that the Iranian nuclear energy program has been diverted towards military purposes.

Iran rejects the allegations against its nuclear energy program, arguing that as a committed signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, it has the right to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.

Israel, on the other hand, has refused to join the NPT or allow inspections of its Dimona nuclear plant.