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Today, Saturday, the Israeli government broadcasting organization announced that “the Israeli army is preparing for a possible Iranian attack on Israeli targets, starting from Yemen or Iraq.”
The authority indicated that intelligence estimates in Israel indicate the possibility of launching missiles or attacking drones against targets in Israel from Yemen or Iraq, in response to the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
The Israeli army held talks last week about these possible attacks, and it was indicated that they could be carried out by Iraqi militias or the Houthi group in Yemen, according to the same source, Al-Sharq TV reported.
The Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army, General Aviv Kochavi, recently warned Iran’s allied countries not to carry out any attacks against Israeli targets, stressing that “the response will be very expensive.”
Iran has threatened to attack Israel, since the assassination of its nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh at the end of last November, in an assassination that was attributed to the Hebrew state.
A senior US official warned of an “imminent Iranian attack” and said in an interview with “NBC News” of America, “The United States has noted growing indications that Iran may be planning an attack on US forces or interests in the Middle East. “while Tehran confirmed that” The assassins of Qassem Soleimani will not be safe anywhere. “
The US official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that “the US administration took these indications seriously”, mainly because it is “difficult to anticipate Iran’s reaction,” while the US network indicated that these concerns are renewed with the first anniversary of the assassination of the commander of the Quds Force. The first of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Qassem Soleimani, in a US raid in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on January 3, 2020.
For his part, Soleimani’s successor, who heads the Quds Force, Ismail Qaani, warned on Friday during a ceremony held at the University of Tehran to commemorate Soleimani’s assassination, that “the answer can come anywhere,” in a when Iran began to commemorate the first anniversary of the assassination of its most prominent military leaders. With an American attack in Iraq. Qaani said: “From inside their homes (in the United States), people could come out to respond to their dirty deed.”
The head of the judiciary in Iran, Ibrahim Raisi, also warned, during the same occasion, that “the assassins of Qassem Soleimani will not be safe anywhere in the world.” Raisi said that “even the president of the United States, Donald Trump, who ordered the removal of Soleimani, cannot escape justice”, emphasizing that “those who played a role in the assassination will not be safe anywhere in the world.” .
In an escalation of tensions, the United Nations-affiliated International Atomic Energy Agency said on Friday that Iran plans to produce uranium enriched by up to 20%, which far exceeds the limit set by the 2015 Vienna Agreement.
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