Leader’s Aide: Enemeies Unlikely to Wage War on Iran

(FNA)- Senior Military Aide to the Iranian Supreme Leader Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi ruled out the possibility of a US attack on Iran, recalling Washington’s bitter experiences of Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

"The message of our Armed Forces is defensive preparedness and effective deterrence, might and power," Safavi said on Monday.

"The Americans and the Zionists who are our arch foes have found out the essence of this message. The experience of Iraq and Afghanistan has cost them so dearly, while Iran is different from Iraq and Afghanistan (in power)," he added.

Safavi also referred to the Zionist regime's failures in the 33-day war against the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement in Summer 2006 and the 22-day war against Gaza in 2008-2009, and said considering Iran's greatness and power "I don’t think that the enemies dare to wage a military war against us since they are well aware of their weaknesses".

Israel and its close ally the United States accuse Iran of seeking a nuclear weapon, while they have never presented any corroborative document to substantiate their allegations. Both Washington and Tel Aviv possess advanced weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear warheads.

Iran vehemently denies the charges, insisting that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only. Tehran stresses that the country has always pursued a civilian path to provide power to the growing number of Iranian population, whose fossil fuel would eventually run dry.

The Zionist regime has recently intensified its war rhetoric against Tehran, warning that it plans to hit Iranian nuclear facilities.

Iran has, in return, warned that it would target Israel and its worldwide interests in case it comes under attack by the Tel Aviv.

The United States has also always stressed that military action is a main option for the White House to deter Iran's progress in the field of nuclear technology.

In response, Iran has warned it would hit the US, Israel and their worldwide interests and close the strategic Strait of Hormuz if it became the target of a military attack over its nuclear program.

Strait of Hormuz, the entrance to the strategic Persian Gulf waterway, is a major oil shipping route.