Saudi prince warns Israel against attack on Iran

A former head of Saudi Arabia's intelligence services warned the US and Israel against a military action against Tehran, saying military aggressions are unable to harm Iran's nuclear capability and would have disastrous consequences.Prince Turki al-Faisal said at a Washington, D.C., appearance that military attack on Iran aimed at halting its nuclear program could have catastrophic consequences and only strengthen Tehran's determination to continue nuclear progress. "Such an act I think would be foolish and to undertake it I think would be tragic," the Saudi prince said. "If anything it will only make the Iranians more determined to continue nuclear progress. It will rally support for the government among the population, and it will not end the program. It will merely delay it if anything," he said. On November 4, Israeli President Shimon Peres said that an attack on Iran was becoming increasingly more likely. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Israel's parliament (Knesset) on October 31 in an effort to garner support for a military attack on Iran over its nuclear program. In reply senior Iranian officials described the threats as "foolish" remarks, and warned that friends and allies of the Islamic Revolution would destroy Israel before it can make the slightest military move against Iran. "This is just a baseless allegation because the Zionist regime is engaged in a war over its survival in Tel Aviv today," Vice Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Hossein Ebrahimi told FNA. Also, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) top officials warned the Zionist regime of Iran's crushing response to any act of aggression, saying that an attack on Iran would put an end to Israel's existence. "If the Zionist regime (of Israel) commits such a mistake, it would mean that it has entered the final days of its existence since the Islamic Republic of Iran is a powerful and strong country which can defend its territorial integrity and interests across the globe, specially in the Middle-East," IRGC Politburo Chief Javani told FNA last Tuesday. "The Islamic Republic of Iran has some means and possibilities in areas very close to the Zionist regime and can easily give a response to Israel to make its leaders repent their action," the official stated. Meantime, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said Thursday Iran will respond to any military strike by Israel or the United States with "iron fists."