Attack on Iran to be met with 'crushing response'

Iranian ambassador to Lebanon GhazanfarRoknabadi has said that any aggression against the Islamic Republic will be met with a crushing response. The Ambassador made the remarks during a meeting with a number of Lebanese education officials on Friday in response to a question about the threats of military action against Iran that Israeli and US officials have issued. "The United States and Israel have failed in their attempts to advance their evil policies in the region and are now weaker than ever," Roknabadi stated. Roknabadi said Iran was keeping a watchful eye on the slightest possibility of a military threat, and would fire 11,000 missiles into identified positions in the United States, Israel or their interests worldwide, should its nuclear installations come under attack. He also commented on Iran’s parliamentary election, which was held on March 2, saying that the high turnout helped foil the plots hatched by the enemies of the Islamist establishment. Elsewhere in his remarks, Roknabadi spoke about the relations between Tehran and Beirut and stated that the Islamic Republic was ready to supply Lebanon with electricity. On the situation in Syria, the Iranian ambassador said that the ratification of a new constitution was a great step forward, alleging that public support for Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad helped neutralise conspiracies devised by the US and Israel. He said Iran was following a defensive stance, stressing, however, that the country would respond with full force to any potential attack. “The enemy must answer this question. How long of a battle and the loss of how many of its warships and vessels has it prepared itself for if it attacks Iran?” He advised the US and its allies to "acknowledge Iran’s might" and know that in the event of a war, the Islamic Republic would "teach the Americans what war really is and what soldiers are supposed to be like".