Iran Threatens To Use Weapons It Has ‘not Used Before’

Iran is apparently receiving a fearsome arsenal from Russia, including anti-aircraft launchers and fighter jets, and has threatened to unleash weaponry it has never used before in “a severe, extensive, and painful response” to Israel’s “slightest action”.

According to Abolfazl Amouei, a spokeswoman for the Iranian Parliament’s National Security Committee, the Islamic Republic “will confront any Israeli aggression and respond to it.”

“We are ready to use weapons that we have not used before,” the official told Al-Mayadeen News, according to the Economic Times.

“We have plans for all scenarios, and we call on the zionists to act rationally.”

Furthermore, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned Israel that taking even the “slightest action” will result in “a severe, extensive, and painful response.”

“The blind support of some Western countries to the Zionist regime is the cause of tension in the region,” he claimed, according to the Daily Express.

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“We will respond in a massive, broad and painful manner to the slightest action targeting Iranian interests.”

The warnings follow years of international concern about Iran’s nuclear capability.

The Islamic Republic operates multiple nuclear research facilities, including two uranium mines, a research reactor, and three uranium enrichment units.

In November 2023, the International Atomic Energy Agency announced that Iran’s uranium stockpile was more than 20 times bigger than the limit agreed upon in the Obama-era Iran Nuclear Deal.

By December, the United Nations warned that Iran had enriched uranium to up to 60% purity, which is close to weapons-grade, and that Iran possessed enough enriched uranium to construct three atomic bombs.

The National Union for Democracy in Iran also stated in a report earlier this month that its stockpile of enriched uranium, combined with its centrifuge capacity, is sufficient to produce seven nuclear bombs in a single month.

Iran is also receiving weapons from Russia, such as anti-aircraft missiles and drones. Russia has pledged to provide Iran with air defence technology, modern fighter jets, and technical support for its spy satellites.

Further agreements between the two countries might include efforts to rebuild Iran’s Air Force, which is now made up of reconstructed Soviet and US fighters from before 1979, as well as efforts to enhance Iran’s supply of spy satellites and assist it in building more rockets, according to the site.

Officials in Tehran are also pressi Hung for Russia’s anti-aircraft launchers, which military analysts claim can kill stealth fighter jets used by the United States and Israel.

Iran committed in 2022 to supply Moscow with thousands of drones and missiles to bolster its war efforts, while Russia agreed late last year to purchase almost $2 billion in military weapons from Iran, including anti-drone defence systems.

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