Iran threatens to hit Israel in response to any US strike; Israel said to be on high alert |
Tehran threatened on Sunday to retaliate against Israel as well as US military bases in the event of American strikes on Iran, issuing the warning as Israeli sources said their country was on high alert.
Iran’s clerical establishment is facing the biggest anti-government protests since 2022, and US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to intervene in recent days amid reports of a growing death toll from a crackdown on demonstrators.
US media reported that Trump had been presented with options for potential strikes, including on non-military sites in Tehran.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, speaking in parliament on Sunday, warned against “a miscalculation.”
“Let us be clear: in the case of an attack on Iran, the occupied territories [Israel] as well as all US bases and ships will be our legitimate target,” said Qalibaf, a former commander in Iran’s elite paramilitary Revolutionary Guards.
“We do not consider ourselves limited to reacting after the action and will act based on any objective signs of a threat,” he said.
Any decision to go to war would rest with Iran’s 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Three Israeli sources, who were present for security consultations over the weekend, said Israel was on a high-alert footing for any US intervention, but did not elaborate on what that meant.
An Israeli government spokesperson declined........