Commander: US to Sustain Biggest Damage in History in Case of Military Action against

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Mon Nov 11, 2013 5:53
Commander: US to Sustain Biggest Damage in History in Case of Military Action against Iran


TEHRAN (FNA)- The US will sustain the biggest damage it has ever experienced all throughout the history if it makes the smallest military move against Iran, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri warned on Monday.
“The Americans' catch-phrase 'the military option is on the table' is a bluff. They are aware of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s capabilities,” Jazayeri told reporters in Tehran on Monday.
“The slightest military mistake against Iran will make the Americans witness the heaviest damage in the history in their own eyes,” he added.
Jazayeri underlined that the Americans and their allies’ interests in the region and out of the region are within the reach of Iran’s military power.
In relevant remarks on Monday, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan once again underlined readiness of the country’s Armed Forces to confront any possible threat by the enemies, and said the US does not enjoy the needed ability and readiness to use military force against Iran.
“Of course, the Americans are not capable of launching military strike against Iran, because neither do the global and regional conditions allow them to do so nor do they have such capability,” Brigadier General Dehqan said in a ceremony held in Tehran today.
Asked about the recent statements of US President Barack Obama and other American officials who have said that all options are on the table, he responded, “These statements are not correct; the Americans are our enemy and they have been hatching plots against the Islamic Republic for a long time.”
Last week, Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy General Alireza Tangsiri said the US warships in the Persian Gulf show full respect for Iran's warnings since dire consequences will be waiting for them otherwise.
“That today we call Americans in the sea or in the Strait of Hormuz and they respond to us and state their nationality and the number of their warships is the result of the efforts made by the martyrs and their blood,” Tangsiri said in a ceremony held for IRGC martyrs in Fars News Agency headquarters in Tehran on Wednesday.
Iranian officials and commanders have repeatedly warned that any enemy move, even the slightest aggressions, against the Islamic Republic would be reciprocated with a destructive response and would endanger the US interests all around the world.
Iran has warned that it would target Israel, the US and their worldwide interests in case it comes under attack by the two.
Iran has also warned that it could close the strategic Strait of Hormuz if it became the target of a military attack over its nuclear program.
Strait of Hormuz, the entrance to the strategic Persian Gulf waterway, is a major oil shipping route.
A senior commander of the IRGC said in 2012 that the US navy is deeply fearful of Iran's naval power in the Persian Gulf, and added that Iran will not leave the US warships undamaged in case of a military move against the country.
"I assure you that if the US warships do a foolish action, they won't leave the area (regional waters) unhurt," Commander of the IRGC Navy Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi said in a gathering in Iran's Northeastern holy city of Mashhad at the time.
He stated that the US Navy is afraid of Iran's naval power, and said the US warships have even rerouted their line of voyage in the Persian Gulf in order to keep distant from the Iranian naval forces.

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U.S. threatened with ‘heaviest damage in history’


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U.S. threatened with 'heaviest damage in history'

General: 'Slightest military mistake' could set off Iran's 'capabilities'

Published: 8 hours ago Reza Kahlili About | Email | Archive Reza Kahlili, author of the award-winning book "A Time to Betray," served in CIA Directorate of Operations, as a spy in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, counterterrorism expert; currently serves on the Task Force on National and Homeland Security, an advisory board to Congress and the advisory board of the Foundation for Democracy in Iran (FDI). He regularly appears in national and international media as an expert on Iran and counterterrorism in the Middle East.








In a pointed message to Washington, the second in just days, an Iranian general has warned of great destruction being delivered to the United States.
“The Americans’ catch-phrase ‘the military option is on the table’ (over the nuclear issue) is a bluff,” said Gen. Massoud Jazayeri, deputy chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces.


“They are aware of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s capabilities. The slightest military mistake against Iran will make the Americans witness the heaviest damage in their history in their own eyes,” the semi-official Fars News Agency reported Monday.
On Saturday the general said, “America’s interests and all of Israel are within the range of the Islamic Republic and there is not the slightest doubt among Iran’s armed forces to confront the American government and the Zionists (Israel).”
Jazayeri said Israel is pulling the strings of Washington and “the American government is one of the most hated and evil governments in the world.”
Meanwhile, Iranian Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Hossein Dehqan told reporters on Monday that the regime’s armed forces are ready to confront any threats by the enemy and that America cannot afford a military confrontation with Iran.
“Of course, the Americans are not capable of launching a military strike against Iran because neither do the global and regional conditions allow them to do so, nor do they have such capability,” Dehqan said.
Monday’s statements come in the wake of last weekend’s failure in Geneva between the 5+1 world powers and Iran to produce any deals. Iran had insisted on what it has always demanded: the right to enrich uranium, the right to expand its nuclear facilities and the removal of major sanctions on its oil and banking industries in exchange for halting enrichment to the 20 percent level, which could be converted to a weaponization grade in just weeks.
Iran also refused to give up any amount of its already-enriched uranium, which is enough for more than six nuclear bombs.
Today the Islamic regime has 19,000 centrifuges online, 10 tons of low-enriched uranium, 400 pounds of highly enriched uranium at the 20 percent level and a thousand ballistic missiles in heavily fortified facilities or on mobile vehicles. It is also working on its Arak reactor, which could produce plutonium as a second path to nuclear bombs, and on intercontinental ballistic missiles through collaboration with North Korea.
Days before the start of negotiations in Geneva, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, lashed out at America and Israel: “Today, Americans care the most for the decadent Zionist regime and circles because the (Obama) administration and Congress are dominated by powerful capitalists and Zionist companies … but we are not forced to treat them with care. We have said since the very first day (of the Islamic Revolution), and we do say it now and we will say it in future as well, that we believe the Zionist regime is an illegitimate and ******* regime.”
As reported exclusively on WND in June, Gen. Gholamreza Jalali, head of Iran’s Passive Defense Organization, threatened the United States with bio-warfare that could contaminate American food, water and animals.
“Biological viruses are extremely clever and have the capability to distinguish their environment. These viruses can only be recognized in labs,” he said, stressing that these agents are easily hidden in the environment and can cause widespread epidemics.
Jalali said that viruses, parasites, botanical poisons and animal poisons can be used in biological warfare.
“The environmental threats include humans, domesticated animals, poultry, environment, natural resources, food industry and drinking water,” he said.
It has been reported here on many occasions that the regime’s terror teams along with Hezbollah and al-Qaida are present in the U.S. and that the regime’s generals have openly stated that America will face terrorism attacks in any confrontation with the Islamic Republic.
Hassan Abassi, a former Revolutionary Guard commander and a current strategist, has stated that many of the cells are of Latin American origin, including from Mexico, and that several hundred targets have been identified in the U.S. for possible attack.
“If America dares to destabilize the Islamic Republic of Iran, it should have no doubt that we will destabilize America,” Abassi said.
The 5+1 powers are due to continue talks with Iran on Nov. 20 in Geneva. Iranian officials have stated that their right to enrichment is a red line that cannot be crossed.
Reza Kahlili is a pseudonym for a former CIA operative in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and author of the award-winning book “A Time to Betray” (Simon & Schuster, 2010). He serves on the Task Force on National and Homeland Security and the advisory board of the Foundation for Democracy in Iran (FDI).

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US 'Would Back Israel in Event of Iran Strike' - News from America - News - Israel National News


US Military Chief: We Would Back Israel in Event of Iran Strike

General Martin Dempsey notes ongoing security pact with Israel, hails Jewish state as 'example of what could be' in the Middle East.
By Tova Dvorin First Publish: 11/19/2013, 2:32 PM






Top US military leader and chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, said on Monday at a regional summit of international business executives in Washington that the US would still back Israel in the event of a strike on Iran.
According to the International Business Times, Dempsey noted that the US still has a 'deep obligation' to Israel in the event of a military conflict with Iran. Dempsey declined to give details, but emphasized that the two countries still have a special alliance during this period of heightened tensions in the region. "That is why we are in constant contact and collaboration with them," he confirmed.
CNN notes that Dempsey also credited Israel with being "an example of what could be" in the Middle East. "If we had one of my Israeli counterparts sitting here, they would tell you that most of the Arabs living in Israel have a better life than the Arabs living in the rest of the region and that is true," he said.
Dempsey's remarks follow a public falling-out between Israel and the US, over different opinions regarding a nuclear Iran. The US and Israel are also butting heads after US Secretary of State John Kerry's visit this month to broker more peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority turned into a diplomatic disaster, with Kerry calling Israeli building in Judea and Samaria "illegitimate" and making threats of a "third intifada" if talks fail.
Relations between Israel and the US have only downturned in the past week, as Kerry and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reportedly were unable to agree over an appropriate date for the US official to visit Israel again and attempt to resume the floundering peace negotiations.
Amid the diplomatic crisis, Netanyahu has been looking to other countries for support in preventing the deal. French President Francois Hollande remarked during his visit this week that France is working vigilantly to prevent a deal with Iran from being accepted by the international community; and on Wednesday, the PM is expected to visit Russia to appeal for support from Moscow.
Talks between Iran and the so-called P5+1 nations are expected to resume in Geneva on Thursday, November 20.

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usa would defeat iran in a week

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^ In the last 3 decades, the US has not gone to war with nations that possess modern military capabilities (missiles, jets, choppers). This was the reason they refused to act on Syrian chemical weapons use despite red line set by Obama.

In Israeli war with Iran, Iran would be hit heavily by Israeli/US aerial campaign as Afghanistan and Iraq were. At the same time, US bases in the region would incur huge losses in the immediate aftermath of Israeli strike on Iran (wont even exist). Iran has an extensive ballistic missile program, and this is the very reason the US is trying to prevent Israel from going to war with Iran. The bottom line, and there is no other lofty or genuine peaceloving reason for the talks.

The losses would be too vast to brush under the rug for the US. It would mark end of tunnel for intervention. Iran would be finished structurally and financially, but still intact. Israel would be in a bad situation but for Israel, their goal is their future security from Iranian nuke threat. For US, their goal is to protect their military bases/economic interests in region.

So for the different actors, victory and defeat will measured differently. Iran and Israel could actually both claim victory once it is over.

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Nuclear deal may sink in Geneva between hardline pressures in Tehran and tough Franco-Israel demands

Nuclear deal may sink in Geneva between hardline pressures in Tehran and tough Franco-Israel demands
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report November 18, 2013, 10:40 AM (IDT)

Washington and Moscow may sound upbeat about the prospects of a signed interim deal at the next round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the six powers in Geneva Wednesday, Nov. 20. However, according to debkafile’s intelligence and Iranian sources, the way ahead is still bristling with mines, more so even than the first round.
Both sides have toughened their positions. In Tehran, President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif face threats against yielding to Western demands. On the other side, Washington accuses France and Israel of obstructionism to get its proposal removed from the table.
Our Iranian sources have obtained exclusive access to the decision reached early Monday, Nov. 18, at an all-night conference in the bureau of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. This meeting delineated Iran’s ultimate line in Geneva as being consent to idle for six months the few thousand new extra-fast IR2 centrifuges enriching uranium up to 20 percent, after which work would resume in full. Tehran draws the line completely at halting construction of the heavy water plant in Arak.
Iran’s leaders are convinced that the “modest’ sanctions offered by Washington – and which the US denies are worth $40 bn as Israel has calculated – can be substantially sweetened when it comes to the point. The ayatollah, after seeing that the country is broke from the figures shown him by Rouhani and Zarif, accepted the urgency of relaxing banking and financial restrictions, as Zarif had demanded of the Americans. This relaxation alone would put $100 bn in Iran’s coffers. This amount would keep the economy ticking over for a year and give the Islamic regime another lease of life to calm a populace ready to kick back over economic hardships.
About to mark his first 100 days in office, Rouhani badly needs to show he can make good on his pre-election pledges of economic improvements.
Responding to the complaints of hard-liners at home, Foreign Minister Zarif took up a tough negotiating stance in a comment he made Sunday, Nov. 17: “Not only do we consider that Iran’s right to enrich is non-negotiable,” he said, “but we see no need for that to be recognized as a right” because this right is inalienable and all countries must respect that.
Both he and Rouhani fear their own heads will roll if they are shown yielding to the West on uranium enrichment or the reduction of stocks.
Zarif therefore tried his hand at a formula that would not require Iran to renounce enrichment while at the same time obtaining sanctions relief: The two sides will announce an interim accord has been reached in Geneva that covers certain issues and leaves some disputed items unresolved. Implementation must go forward without delay on the agreed items.
The Iranian foreign minister explained to the Obama administration in the quiet bargaining leading up to the formal Geneva conference that a deal must be struck and implemented without delay to head off domestic opposition to any understanding he might conclude with Washington.
Administration officials were about to concede on this point to the Iranian negotiators when they ran into French resistance.
Sunday, Nov. 17, the day he arrived in Israel for a three-day state visit, French President Francois went into conference with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, after which he laid out four points, “which for us are essential to guarantee any agreement:"
1) All of Iranian nuclear installations must be placed under international supervision right now.
2) 20-percent enriched uranium enrichment must be suspended.
3) Existing stocks must be reduced.
This can only be done by exporting a part of this stock or placing it under international control.
4) Construction of the Arak (heavy water) plant to be halted.
Netanyahu, for his part, criticized the emerging deal, without citing the US role, as a permit for Iran to continue manufacturing enough fissile material for assembling a nuclear bomb at three weeks to 26 days’ notice. A good deal, in his view, would dismantle Iran’s capacity to achieve this quantity of fissile material. He repeated that Israel would not be bound by a bad deal and reserved the right to self defense, by itself.
Yakov Amidror – until recently Netanyahu’s national security adviser - said that the Israeli Air Force had for years been practicing long-range flights in preparation for covering the 2,000km distance to Iran for a potential air strike on its nuclear facilities.
In an interview run by the Financial Times Monday, he said that these drills must show up on any Middle East radar screen. Amidror went on to say: We aren’t America, which obviously has greater capabilities than we do, but we still have sufficient to stall the Iranian program for a long time.
debkafile’s military sources add: Amidror’s remarks followed the latest US intelligence report which evaluates Israel’s capacity in a lone attack on Iran to stall Iran’s nuclear program for seven to 10 years.