A senior Iranian official warned the United States on Wednesday that if it launches another war against the Islamic Republic, "every military base involved in the aggression—from West Asia to Europe—will be a legitimate target for Iran's lethal strikes," JNS reports.
The threat came from Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, who commanded the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from 1981 to 1997.
Speaking to Hezbollah-affiliated Al Mayadeen, Rezaei ruled out sending any of Iran's enriched nuclear material abroad as part of talks with the Trump administration. "Even the smallest amount of enriched nuclear material will not be taken out of Iran," he said. He also said any end to hostilities must cover all fronts, including Lebanon.
In March, Iran fired a long-range missile at Diego Garcia, the joint U.S.-U.K. base in the Indian Ocean about 2,500 miles from Iran. It missed.
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