TEHRAN, Iran
\nThe Iranian military warned the United States and Israel on Friday against threatening Iran with force, Iranian media reported, after U.S. President Joe Biden said he would use force as a last resort to prevent Tehran getting a nuclear weapon.
\n\u201cThe Americans and Zionists (Israel) know very well the price for using the word \u2018force against Iran,\u2019\u201d Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, spokesman for the Iranian armed forces, was quoted as saying by state media. \u201cBiden must have been drowsy when he threatened Iran,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cWatch your soldiers\u2019 pants – they might get wet in the Persian Gulf!\u201d
\nAsked by Israeli television this week whether his past statements that he would prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon meant he would use force against Iran, Biden replied: \u201cIf that was the last resort, yes.\u201d On Thursday, Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a joint pledge to deny Iran nuclear arms, an apparent move toward accommodating Israel\u2019s calls for a \u201ccredible military threat\u201d by world powers. Iran denies seeking seeks nuclear weapons, saying that its nuclear program is for solely peaceful purposes.
\nTehran struck a deal with six major powers in 2015 under which it limited its uranium enrichment program to make it harder to develop a nuclear weapon in return for relief from international sanctions.
\nU.S. President Donald Trump reneged on the deal in 2018 and reimposed harsh sanctions on Iran, prompting Tehran to start violating the agreement\u2019s nuclear limits about a year later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TEHRAN, Iran The Iranian military warned the United States and Israel on Friday against threatening Iran with force, Iranian media reported, after U.S. President Joe Biden said he would use force as a last resort to prevent Tehran getting a nuclear weapon. \u201cThe Americans and Zionists (Israel) know very well the price for using the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9005,9581,352,444],"class_list":{"0":"post-271464","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-force","9":"tag-iran-military","10":"tag-threats","11":"tag-us"},"yoast_head":"\n