Iran Cleric says Israel and US will be Targeted if Washington Attacks

Tehran: Iran Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday said they would strike Israeli cities with missiles if the Islamic country was threatened, the media reported. The Revolutionary Guards also said that they will continue increasing Iran’s defensive capabilities despite US pressure to scrap its ballistic missile programme, Xinhua reported citing Mizan News Agency. On the same day, a senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami warned that if his country was attacked by the US and Israel, Tehran will give a tit-for-tat fightback. Khatami told worshippers attending Eid prayers in Tehran that talks with US President Donald Trump is impossible. (IANS)