Via PressTV
Israeli Minister for
Military Affairs Ehud Barak has once again echoed his country’s concerns
about dealing with a nuclear Iran, saying Tel Aviv may attack Tehran if
sanctions fail to stop its nuclear energy program.
Speaking during a graduation ceremony at the ministry's National
Security College on Wednesday, Barak said Israel might have to make
"tough and crucial” decisions about its security, noting that the
military option could be preferable to a nuclear-armed Iran.
The Israeli minister emphasized that diplomatic measures and
economic sanctions imposed on Iran “are not enough to stop Iran's
nuclear program."
Barak’s remarks came after Leader of the Islamic
Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said that the Iranian nation
will not give in to Western pressures and that the US-engineered
sanctions on Iran will only make Iranian officials more determined to
defend the nation's rights.
“They explicitly say that by intensifying the pressure and the
sanctions, they are seeking to force Iranian officials to reconsider
their calculations. But in reality, we will not rethink our
calculations, and we will continue to trod the path of the Iranian
nation more resolutely,” the Leader stated.
The United States and Israel have repeatedly threatened Iran with a
military option in a bid to force the Islamic Republic to halt its
nuclear energy program, which Washington and Tel Aviv claim has a
military component.
Iran rejects the allegations of pursuing military objectives in its
nuclear energy program, arguing that as a committed signatory to the
nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a member of the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), it has the right to use nuclear technology
for peaceful purposes.
Unlike Iran, Israel is a non-signatory to the NPT and continues to defy international calls to join the treaty.
Israel, which is widely believed to possess between 200 to 400
nuclear warheads, maintains a policy of deliberate ambiguity over its
nuclear work.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/07/26/252833/barak-renews-israel-threats-against-iran/
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