Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned that Israel would face a “painful response” if it takes even the “slightest action.” Photo: Reuters
Iran is reportedly getting a terrifying arsenal from Russia, including anti-aircraft launchers and fighter jets — and is threatening to fire weapons it has never before used in “a severe, extensive and painful response” to the “slightest action” by Israel.
Abolfazl Amouei, a spokesperson for the Iranian Parliament’s National Security Committee, told a local news station Monday that 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.”
Separately, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned Israel that if it takes even the “slightest action,” it will face “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.
“We will respond in a massive, broad and painful manner to the slightest action targeting Iranian interests.”
The threats come after years of the international community worrying about Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
The Islamic Republic has several nuclear research sites, two uranium mines, a research reactor and three uranium enrichment plants, the Daily Mail reports.
In November 2023, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that Tehran’s uranium stockpile was more than 20 times larger than the limit agreed upon under the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal.
By December, the United Nations agency warned that Iran had enriched uranium to up to 60% purity — which is close to weapons-grade.
It said it has enough enriched uranium to build three atomic bombs.
The National Union for Democracy in Iran also wrote in a report earlier this month that its stockpile of enriched uranium, coupled with its centrifuge capacity, are enough to make seven nuclear weapons in just one month.
Iran is also getting weapons from Russia, including anti-aircraft launchers and drones, the Washington Post reports.
It has vowed to support Iran with air defense technology and advanced fighter jets, as well as technical support for its spy satellites.
Further agreements between the two countries may also include efforts to rebuild Iran’s air force — which is made up of rebuilt Soviet and US jets from before 1979 — as well as efforts to increase Iran’s supply of spy satellites and help it build more rockets, according to the outlet.
Officials in Tehran are also pushing for Russia’s anti-aircraft launchers — which military analysts say are capable of destroying stealth fighter jets operated by the US and Israel.
In exchange, Iran has vowed to support Russia in its ongoing war against Ukraine.
Iran agreed in 2022 to supply thousands of drones and missiles to Moscow to support its war efforts, and Russia agreed late last year to buy about $2 billion worth of military equipment — including anti-drone defense systems — from Iran.
The Islamic Republic has also agreed to sell Russia surface-to-surface missiles, which intelligence suggests would be transferred imminently.
It has also sold more than 600 jet-powered drones that were described as being able to travel at about 400 miles per hour, three times faster than previous Iranian drones.
But on Sunday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that the Jewish state has “no choice” but to retaliate against the rogue nation for launching hundreds of missiles and suicide drones into Israeli airspace, according to Axios correspondent Barak Ravid.
None of the drones or cruise missiles struck Israel, and only a few of the ballistic missiles made it through, according to the Jerusalem Post.
Iran’s aerial assault was in retaliation for an Israeli airstrike in Damascus on April 1 in which a top Iranian general was killed.
Israeli media later reported that the target of the strike — Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi — was a key planner of the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel that killed more than 1,200 people and sparked the war in Gaza.
報道稱，伊朗將使用俄羅斯軍方支持的「以前從未使用過」的武器對抗以色列
據報道，伊朗從俄羅斯獲得了可怕的武器庫，包括防空發射器和戰鬥機，並威脅要發射以前從未使用過的武器，以對以色列「最輕微的行動」進行「嚴厲、廣泛和痛苦的回應」。
伊朗議會國家安全委員會發言人阿博法茲爾·阿穆埃週一對當地新聞電視台表示，伊朗伊斯蘭共和國「將對抗以色列的任何侵略行為並作出回應」。
根據《經濟時報》報道，這位官員告訴 Al-Mayadeen News，「我們已經準備好使用以前從未使用過的武器」。
“我們對所有情況都有計劃，我們呼籲猶太復國主義者理性行動。”
另外，伊朗總統易卜拉欣·萊西警告以色列，即使採取“最輕微的行動”，也將面臨“嚴厲、廣泛和痛苦的反應”。
據《每日快報》報道，他聲稱：“一些西方國家對猶太復國主義政權的盲目支持是該地區緊張局勢的根源。”
“我們將以大規模、廣泛和痛苦的方式回應針對伊朗利益的最輕微的行動。”
這些威脅是在國際社會多年來對伊朗核能力感到擔憂之後發出的。
根據《每日郵報》報道，伊斯蘭共和國擁有多個核子研究場所、兩個鈾礦、一個研究反應器和三個鈾濃縮廠。
2023 年 11 月，國際原子能總署報告稱，德黑蘭的鈾庫存比歐巴馬時代伊朗核協議商定的限額高出 20 倍以上。
到 12 月，聯合國機構警告稱，伊朗已將鈾濃縮至純度高達 60%，接近武器等級。
它說它擁有足夠製造三顆原子彈的濃縮鈾。
伊朗全國民主聯盟也在本月稍早的報告中寫道，其濃縮鈾庫存加上離心機能力，足以在一個月內製造七枚核武。
根據《華盛頓郵報》報道，伊朗也從俄羅斯獲得武器，包括防空發射器和無人機。
它發誓將向伊朗提供防空技術和先進戰鬥機以及對其間諜衛星的技術支援。
據報道，兩國之間的進一步協議還可能包括重建伊朗空軍（由1979年之前重建的蘇聯和美國噴射機組成）以及增加伊朗間諜衛星供應並幫助其製造更多火箭的努力。
德黑蘭官員也在推動俄羅斯的防空發射器——軍事分析家稱，這種發射器能夠摧毀美國和以色列運營的隱形戰鬥機。
作為交換，伊朗誓言支持俄羅斯持續對烏克蘭發動戰爭。
伊朗於 2022 年同意向莫斯科提供數千架無人機和飛彈，以支持其戰爭努力，俄羅斯在去年年底同意從伊朗購買價值約 20 億美元的軍事裝備，包括反無人機防禦系統。
伊斯蘭共和國也同意向俄羅斯出售地對地飛彈，情報顯示這些飛彈將很快被轉移。
它還銷售了 600 多架噴氣式無人機，據稱這些無人機的飛行速度約為每小時 400 英里，比以前的伊朗無人機快三倍。
但據Axios 記者巴拉克·拉維德報道，以色列國防部長約阿夫·加蘭特週日告訴美國國防部長勞埃德·奧斯汀，這個猶太國家“別無選擇”，只能對這個流氓國家向以色列領空發射數百枚飛彈和自殺無人機進行報復。
根據《耶路撒冷郵報》報道，沒有一架無人機或巡航飛彈襲擊以色列，只有少數彈道飛彈成功通過。
伊朗這次空襲是為了報復以色列4月1日對大馬士革發動的空襲，導致一名伊朗高級將領喪生。
以色列媒體後來報道稱，這次襲擊的目標是穆罕默德·禮薩·扎赫迪(Mohammad Reza Zahedi) 將軍，他是10 月7 日以色列南部襲擊事件的主要策劃者，該襲擊造成1,200 多人死亡，並引發了加薩戰爭。
Source: NYT
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