Perilous Times
Iran says it will set Tel Aviv ablaze if attacked
Aug 1 02:25 AM US/Eastern
AFP
Iran will set Tel Aviv on fire if Israel attacks the Islamic republic
over its controversial nuclear programme, newspapers on Sunday quoted
Iran's envoy to the United Nations as saying.
"If the Zionist regime commits the slightest aggression against the
Iranian soil, we will set the entire war front and Tel Aviv on fire,"
Mohammad Khazai said in the northeastern town of Kashmar, the Farhang-e
Ashti daily reported.
The government-run Iran newspaper quoted him as saying that the "noise"
about an Israeli attack on the Islamic republic is a "sign of the
enemy's fear."
Israel has never ruled out taking military action to thwart Iran's
programme of uranium enrichment, accusing its arch-foe of seeking to
acquire atomic weapons -- a charge Tehran denies.
Iranian officials have frequently warned of a crushing response in the
event of an attack either by Israel or the United States, which has led
international efforts to bring a halt to Tehran's uranium enrichment
work.
Iran insists that its nuclear programme is peaceful and has refused to
stop enrichment in defiance of the UN Security Council, which has
imposed four sets of sanctions on Tehran.