Tehran, SAEDNEWS, Jan. 6: The news outlet pointed to the Tuesday threat by Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu that he would block Iran's acquisition of the nuclear weapons, and quoted "an informed security source" as saying while the Israeli regime has been seeking to thrive on growing instability in the region, "the Islamic Republic's policy entailed avoiding escalating trends in dealing with these devilish acts".
"Yet, this approach has caused misunderstanding for the Zionist regime leaders who intensified tensions in the region," he said, and added, "Hence, the situation has given rise to a national demand for inconsiderate and decisive confrontation against the Zionists' devilish acts."
The unnamed security source said Netanyahu's reaction implied an acknowledgement of the Zionist regime's role in the hostile actions against Iran in recent months.
"Under these circumstances, the Zionist regime should wait for the outcomes of incidents whose responsibility falls on the regime's leaders," he said.
"The regime should realize that any kind of aggression against Iran's interests and security, no matter it claims or denies the responsibility, will face the Islamic Republic's crusing and decisive response," he warned.
Iran on Monday started the process for enriching uranium to the 20-percent purity level. The product is used to fuel the Tehran Research Reactor that produces radioisotopes for cancer diagnosis. The operation had ceased under the nuclear deal between Iran and the six world powers, but after five years of compliance with the agreement and receiving no merit, Tehran started a trend last year to row back on its undertakings to stimulate the EU - and the US that exited the deal in May 2018 - to stop defying their committments.
A day later, the Israeli prime minister escalated tensions and accused Iran of plans to develop nuclear weapons.
“Israel will not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons,” Netanyahu claimed.
Also, when asked during an interview with Israel's Ynet if there is a chance the situation with Iran will “erupt,” Defense Minister Benny Gantz said he sees a possibility of “events” happening in the Iranian front.
“I don’t know if the situation will erupt,” he said. “An eruption of the situation is a function of what will happen in these events. I must add that the IDF and the rest of the Israeli security forces are on alert and are well aware of what is happening in this front.”
This current period of time is a sensitive one, especially due to the coming changes in the US administration, Gantz said.
Iran has accused Israel of the November assassination of its highly renowned nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh and an earlier sabotage attack on its nuclear facility in Natanz. Even US officials have accused Israel for the two incidents and former CIA Chief John Brennan called the assassination a crime that risked inflaming conflict in the region.
“This was a criminal act & highly reckless. It risks lethal retaliation & a new round of regional conflict,” Brennan said in a series of tweets.
“Such an act of state-sponsored terrorism would be a flagrant violation of international law & encourage more governments to carry out lethal attacks against foreign officials.” (Source: Fars News).
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