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Iran has said that it would retaliate against any preemptive attack on its nuclear facilities by “burning” the Israeli city of Tel Aviv and American shipping in the Persian Gulf.

In rhetoric which further raises the temperature in the Islamic Republic’s stand-off with the West, an aide to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader, today emphasized that his country would not hesitate to spark off a regional war if any state tried to destroy its program.

Israel has vowed to deny Iran any atomic technology which gives it bomb-making potential, and last month carried out a military exercise over Greece that was widely interpreted as a coded warning to Iran to halt its programme or face the consequences.

The comments today by Ali Shirazi, Ayatollah Khamenei’s representative to the Revolutionary Guard, will intensify the war of words between Iran and the West and increase fears of military confrontation, which has helped to boost world oil prices to record highs in recent weeks.
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“The first bullet fired by America at Iran will be followed by Iran burning down its vital interests around the globe,” the ISNA news agency quoted Mr Shirazi as saying in a speech to the Revolutionary Guard.

“The Zionist regime is pressuring White House officials to attack Iran. If they commit such a stupidity, Tel Aviv and US shipping in the Persian Gulf will be Iran’s first targets and they will be burned.”

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