Agency spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said the country would be able to \u201cquickly compensate\u201d for any damage.
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\nIran\u2019s atomic energy agency said Wednesday an Israeli attack on key nuclear sites was \u201cvery unlikely\u201d and the country would be able to \u201cquickly compensate\u201d for any potential damage.
\n\u201cIt is very unlikely to happen,\u201d said the agency spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi in a video interview with the Nournews agency. \u201cIn the event of an attack on a key site: be sure it will not succeed,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cAnd if they (Israel) do such a stupid thing, it is very unlikely that they will cause serious damage to us and even if we assume that they can cause some damage, the country can quickly compensate for it,\u201d he added. His remarks came ahead of an expected Israeli response to Iran\u2019s firing of around 200 missiles at Israel on October 1. Tehran said it was a retaliation for the killing of Iran-aligned militant leaders in the region and a general in its Revolutionary Guards. The missile barrage came after an Israeli air raid killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and IRGC top general Abbas Nilforoushan in Beirut on September 27. It also followed the killing of Palestinian group Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on July 31 in Tehran in an attack widely blamed on Israel. Israel has since vowed to retaliate, with Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant vowing that Israel\u2019s response will be \u201cdeadly, precise and surprising\u201d.
\nUS President Joe Biden, whose government is Israel\u2019s top arms supplier, has warned Israel against striking Iran\u2019s nuclear or oil facilities.
\nThe office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel \u2014 and not its top ally the United States \u2014 would decide how to strike back. \u201cWe listen to the opinions of the United States, but we will make our final decisions based on our national interest,\u201d it said Tuesday.
\nIran has warned that any attack on its \u201cinfrastructure\u201d would provoke an \u201ceven stronger response\u201d, while Revolutionary Guards General Rassul Sanairad said an attack on nuclear or energy sites would cross a red line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Agency spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said the country would be able to \u201cquickly compensate\u201d for any damage. Tehran Iran\u2019s atomic energy agency said Wednesday an Israeli attack on key nuclear sites was \u201cvery unlikely\u201d and the country would be able to \u201cquickly compensate\u201d for any potential damage. \u201cIt is very unlikely to happen,\u201d said the agency […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-437709","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n