Lebanese Hezbollah has 80,000 missiles to attack Israel, says Iran

Rasa - Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, today said that the Lebanese Hezbollah movement has 80,000 missiles ready to be fired at Haifa and Tel-Aviv cities in case of an Israeli attack.

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Date: 22 May 2015 - 02:04

RNA - Iranian military advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, today said that the Lebanese Hezbollah movement has 80,000 missiles ready to be fired at Haifa and Tel-Aviv cities in case of an Israeli attack. "If Zionists wish to do anything wrong (about Iran), we will destroy Haifa and Tel Aviv,' said the General in reference to the combat capacity of his Shiite ally in Lebanon.

Recalling latest statements made by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Rahim Safavi said that the Israeli territories would be reduced to dust in case of a military aggression against the country. The General stressed that the Islamic Republic is powerful and will give a crushingl and unexpected response to any possible Zionist State attack, and said that he hopes that Tel Aviv cannot cause any military problem to his US ally.

Noting that US and its allies are making propaganda fuss, the General said Zionist leaders 'are reasonable enough to avoid making any mistakes.

While speaking in a televised program on Wednesday, the general said that Iran has not shown its full military power yet, and added that the naval forces of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have been closely monitoring US submarines' moves in the Persian Gulf region.

He added that regional unrest has roots in US and its allies' intelligence Agencies activities which are being made in coordination with certain regional states.

The US is causing separatism in the region by using the extremist groups, said Rahim Safavi.

He urged regional states to make a collective cooperation to boost security in the region, and reiterated that Tehran supports regional states' sovereignty.

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