Iran claims it can build nukes, threatens Israel and US with tooth-breaking retaliation

Iran claimed it could build a nuclear weapons as its supreme leader on Saturday threatened the US and Israel with a “tooth-breaking response” to Israel’s strike on Iranian military targets.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke with students ahead of the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the US embassy in Tehran.“The enemies, whether the Zionist regime or the United States of America, will definitely receive a tooth-breaking response to what they are doing to Iran and the Iranian nation and to the resistance front,” Khamenei, 85, said in a video released by the state media, referring to Tehran-backed terror group like Hamas and Hezbollah.The comments came a day after a top adviser issued a warning about Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

Adviser Kamal Kharrazi said Friday the country could alter its policies on using nuclear weapons if the threat seems big enough.“If an existential threat arises, Iran will modify its nuclear doctrine, we have the capability to build weapons and have no issue in this regard,” Kharrazi told Lebanese media, Fox News reported.A day earlier, Khamenei reportedly instructed his forces to prepare a direct attack against Israel.The threats from Iran have grown increasingly menancing since Israel’s Oct.

26 attack on the Islamic Republic that hit multiple military bases and killed at least five, the Times of Israel reported.The Israeli strikes were a response to Iran firing more than 200 missiles at the Jewish state on Oct.1.The colorful “tooth-breaking” phrase was translated by some to mean, “crushing.”Khamenei did not elaborate on the potential timing of the attack, or its scope.

Any further attacks between Iran and Israel threaten to push the Middle East into an all-out regional conflict.The region is already teetering on the edge of a complete crisis thanks to Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and Israel’s ground offensive against Hezbollah and Lebanon.Some US troops are currently monitoring a Terminal High Altitude Area ...