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At a September news conference, he said :
"Iran will not start any war, but it could launch a preemptive attack if it was sure that the enemies are putting the final touches to attack it."He added that Washington would support an Israeli attack. "For this reason, we will enter a confrontation with both parties and will definitely be at war with American bases should a war break out."
He specifically mentioned US facilities in Bahrain, Qatar and Afghanistan. "We see the United States and the Zionist regime alongside one another and we can by no means imagine that the Zionist regime would initiate a war (against Iran) without US support."
"There will be no neutral country in the region. To us, these bases are equal to US soil. This war is likely to degenerate into the World War III."
Revolutionary Guard commander Hossein Salami told Iran's IRNA news agency:
"Iran will obliterate the Zionist regime if the latter takes any action against Iran." If attacked, Tehran also warned it will close the Strait of Hormuz.
DF claimed Saturday's UAV incident may have been "a preparatory step for".an attack." It called it "an obvious act of war." It mentioned Hezbollah but blamed Iran. Saying so has no credibility whatever.
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