Iran issues chilling new warning of full-scale war with Israel
Iran has warned it is prepared for another 'deep strike' on Israel and is still committed to its atomic programme - despite the 12 day conflict that was supposed to have destroyed it. The country's President Masoud Pezeshkian even added that he believed the peace settlement between Israel and Iran may fall through and full-on war could spark up again.
It came as it emerged Israel's hardliner defence minister Israel Katz also warned: 'There is a possibility of renewing the war against Iran. 'It is essential to formulate a plan that ensures Iran does not return to its nuclear and missile projects.' Pezeshkian said: 'We are fully prepared for any new Israeli military move, and our armed forces are ready to strike deep inside Israel again. We do not rely on the recent ceasefire, and we are not very optimistic about it. That is why we have prepared ourselves for any possible scenario and any potential response. 'Israel has harmed us, and we have also harmed it.
'It has dealt us powerful blows, and we have struck it hard in its depths, but it is concealing its losses. Israel sought to change Iran, dismantle it, and eliminate Iran, its regime, and its society by unleashing chaos and striking the regime, but it has completely failed to do so.'
The exchange of warning follows last month's major US-Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear plants, the effectiveness of which has been brought into question by reports since. The Iranian President added: 'Trump says that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon and we accept this because we reject nuclear weapons and this is our political, religious, humanitarian and strategic position.
'We believe in diplomacy, so any future negotiations must be according to a win-win logic, and we will not accept threats and dictates.' He said the claim from Trump 'that our nuclear programme is over is just an illusion.'
And he explained: 'Our nuclear capabilities are in the minds of our scientists and not in the facilities.' The so-called '12 day war' in which Israel pulverised Iran's defences, paving the way for the US to bunker-bomb Tehran's nuclear plants caused substantial damage in Israel.
At least 1,062 people were killed in Iran, including dozens of military leaders and scientists, plus civilians and in Israel 28 civilians died, plus an off-duty soldier. The US Operation Midnight Hammer cost hundreds of millions of dollars and may not have been as effective as US President Trump claimed in its aftermath.
A report out days ago on last month's conflict claims the US onslaught, using GBU-57 'bunker buster bombs' only destroyed one out of three of Tehran's nuclear sites. Trump immediately dismissed the report as 'fake news' as he was so keen to claim a major victory against Iran.
It has also been claimed that Trump rejected more comprehensive plans for a much bigger and conclusive attack on Iran's nuclear plans which would have lasted weeks. There have been discussions between the American and Israeli governments about whether additional strikes are needed if Iran does not soon agree to restart nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration.
Iran has long said its nuclear program is purely for peaceful, civilian purposes. But both countries the US and Israel have repeatedly vowed Iran can never have nuclear weapons and that its uranium enrichment progress had gone far beyond what is needed for civilian use.
And Iran's leaderships has long sworn it was committed to destroying Israel, refusing to accept it as a state.
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