Iran said yesterday that any measure against Iran would not remain
unanswered and the attacker "would quickly regret," the official IRNA news
agency reported.
"The attacker would quickly regret the action," Iranian Foreign Ministry
spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said in response to a question on the
possibility of Israel's military strike on Iran's nuclear sites.
According to a report by British newspaper The Sunday Times, Israel has drawn
up secret plans to destroy Iran's uranium enrichment facilities with tactical
nuclear weapons.
"Such bragging indicates the weakness of the opposite side and would have no
impact on Iran's resolve to continue its peaceful nuclear activities," Hosseini
said.
He noted that the reported Israeli move came after the confession of the
Israel prime minister Ehud Olmert who acknowledged that the Israeli regime
possesses nuclear weapons.
"Such statements showed to the public opinion of the world that the Zionist
regime is the main threat to the regional and international security and peace,"
Hosseini was quoted as saying.
Meanwhile, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said that suspension of
cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is not on Iran's
agenda.
"Iran's cooperation with the IAEA will be continued as before,"Hosseini said.
After the UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Dec. 23,2006 to impose
sanctions on Iran over its nuclear issue, Iran's parliament has passed a bill
urging the government to reduce its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog
IAEA.