Iran is ramping up military exercises and developing a third uranium enrichment facility amid tensions with Israel and the US. Iranian officials maintain a defiant stance against threats of an Israeli attack, especially following Western-led censure resolutions from the global nuclear watchdog. The US has reportedly evacuated staff in response to escalating regional tensions. Iranian leaders, including President Masoud Pezeshkian and IRGC Commander Hossein Salami, have vowed a potent retaliation against any Israeli strikes, asserting that Iran’s military capabilities have significantly improved since past confrontations.
We will not give in to America's coercion and bullying, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a televised speech in the western city of Ilam on Thursday, pointing out that Iran resisted eight years of invasion in the 1980s by neighbouring Iraq, which was backed by many foreign powers.
If Israel attacks, it would be met with a history-making response that would go far beyond Iran's two rounds of retaliatory strikes on Israel last year, said Hossein Salami, commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Iran's armed forces have made significant strides in improving their attacking capabilities in the months since the previous missile barrages launched against Israel, said IRGC Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani.
Reports by outlets such as The New York Times, quoting officials in the US and Europe, warned that Israel is ready to attack Iran, even without military backing from Washington.
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