Mohsen Rezaei, a senior Iranian military commander and member of Iran’s National Security Council, has claimed that “Pakistan has assured” that it will attack Israel with a nuclear bomb if the nation launches a nuclear strike against Iran.
“Pakistan has assured us that if Israel uses a nuclear bomb on Iran, they will attack Israel with a nuclear bomb,” said Rezaei during a recent interview on Iranian state television.
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Pakistan, however, has denied Iran’s claims.
Pakistan denies Iran’s claim
Responding to Iran’s claims, Pakistani defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif stated on X:
“Our nuclear capability is for the benefit of our people and defence of our country against the hostile designs of our enemies. We do not pursue hegemonic policies against our neighbours which are being amply demonstrated by Israel these days.”
Iran-Israel conflict rages on
Iran and Israel exchanged missiles and airstrikes on Saturday, following a large-scale Israeli aerial assault the previous day. Iran retaliated by launching waves of drones and ballistic missiles at Israel. Explosions lit up night skies over Tel Aviv, Jerusalem as the conflict between the two nations escalated.
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Israel’s military on Monday said it had destroyed one third of Iran’s surface-to-surface missile launchers.
“More than 50 fighter jets and aircraft carried out strikes and destroyed over 120 surface-to-surface missile launchers. This amounts to one-third of the surface-to-surface missile launchers possessed by the Iranian regime,” military spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin said in a televised statement.
Meanwhile, the Israeli defence minister claimed that there is no intention to physically harm the residents of Tehran, reported Reuters.
Source- Livemint
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