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Iran's Revolutionary Guards: Zionist Entity in range of our missiles
By Reuters
Tags: Republican Guard, Israel 

Iran could hit back with missiles if Israel attacked it and could also rely on allies in the region to strike, the commander of the Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday.

Israel, like the United States, has not ruled out military action against Iran if diplomacy fails to resolve a row over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

The West and Israel accuse Iran of seeking to build nuclear weapons, despite Iran's insistence that it wants technology to make electricity so that it can save more of its vast oil and gas resources for export.
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"Our strategic calculations show that if the Zionist regime wants to make the smallest move against our interests, either independently or with America, in the shortest time all the territories under the Zionist regime's control will become unsafe," Guards commander-in-chief Mohammad Ali Jafari said.

"That country is completely in the range of the Islamic Republic's missiles. The missile capabilities of our armed forces is such that the Zionist regime, with all its capabilities, would not be able to confront it," he added.

Jafari was quoted by Iran's Mehr News Agency.

The Guards are an ideologically motivated arm of Iran's military with an independent command structure to the regular armed forces. They have their own land, sea and air units.

"The Israelis know that if they take action against Iran definitely the capabilities that the Islamic world and especially the Shi'ite world has in the region would deliver a hard blow to them," Jafari said.

He did not mention any names but Iran's regional allies include Lebanon's Shi'ite Muslim militia Hezbollah and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Jafari also said U.S. troops were vulnerable because of their presence in the region. Washington has troops based in Iran's neighbours of Iraq and Afghanistan, and naval forces in the Gulf, along which Iran has a long coastline.

"The presence of these forces enables Iran to harm America's interests in different ways...not even using its missile capability," he said.

The Islamic Republic has previously said it would retaliate against U.S. targets if attacked
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  2.   peace is better than war 15:38  |  the conclusion 27/08/08
  3.   Bombing Iran 15:48  |  jdledell 27/08/08
  4.   Jafari must learn from history 15:53  |  Deba 27/08/08
  5.   Jean van Daem knows better #1 15:55  |  Clickfool 27/08/08
  6.   #4 YES,but Iran is not Irak 16:01  |  Siad 27/08/08
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  8.   Israel likely wants Iran`s allies to enter the war 16:43  |  Richard S 27/08/08
  9.   Q; How is Iran going to defend itself... 16:44  |  Henry 27/08/08
  10.   Threatening to commit a crime 17:00  |  Jake 27/08/08
  11.   2# Peace is better than war. Yea...but.... 17:01  |  Nora 27/08/08
  12.   The Fiddlers and domestic trivia. 17:05  |  Stephen 27/08/08
  13.   #7, Ben Jabo, here`s a question... 17:15  |  Silvienne 27/08/08
  14.   #9 17:22  |  Siad 27/08/08
  15.   #2, Peace Is Always Better Than War 17:25  |  Gary 27/08/08
  16.   Oh Henry, one nuke and Israel would be gone... 17:37  |  BBSNews 27/08/08
  17.   Irans Threats 17:46  |  Jas 27/08/08
  18.   #11 Nora 17:47  |  Daniela 27/08/08
  19.   #3 jdle dell - Both alternatives are unrealistic 18:07  |  Yonatan 27/08/08
  20.   Oil Rich Shiite Entity - 18:10  |  17 27/08/08
  21.   #13, Muslims hate Jews because.... 18:11  |  DR 27/08/08
  22.   #12 Silvienne - You answered your own question 18:13  |  Yonatan 27/08/08
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  25.   Sylvienne # 13 18:49  |  ChanahS 27/08/08
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  28.   #12 Stephen 20:08  |  Gregor 27/08/08
  29.   #5 Clicky and the Z word 20:10  |  Golani 27/08/08
  30.   IRGC Corp. is full of hot air 20:11  |  Yuri 27/08/08
  31.   Missiles vs Missiles 20:12  |  Brod 27/08/08
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  37.   For Golani # 17 22:22  |  Clickfool 27/08/08
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  39.   Yuri @#18 22:49  |  Akiva P 27/08/08
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  43.   Clicky and Wise Syrian Z word 00:50  |  Golani 28/08/08
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  45.   #13-2 Silvienne 03:04  |  * BEN JABO 28/08/08
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  47.   #10, JAKE AND HIS HYPOCRICY 03:07  |  VIPER 28/08/08
  48.   UNwise Syrian 03:49  |  judith 28/08/08
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  54.   #35, Ben Jabo... 18:02  |  Silvienne 28/08/08
  55.   #39 Silvienne - The 6 billion are population of earth 18:03  |  * BEN JABO 28/08/08
  56.   #48, Ben Jabo...thanks again! 21:54  |  Silvienne 28/08/08
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