Iran launched a three-day war games exercise on Monday as a senior official threatened that an Israeli attack would �hand us an excuse to wipe them off the face of the earth,� according to Iranian news reports.
The Iranian war games, during which missiles will be fired at targets modeled after foreign bases, are coming as a stiff European Union sanctions on Iranian oil took effect Sunday.
Iranian Revolutionary Guards Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh said the war games will show �that the Islamic Republic of Iran is resolute in standing up to … bullying, and will respond to any possible evil decisively and strongly,� according to Reuters, which quoted the official from Iran�s IRNA News Agency.
Hajizadeh said of an Israel attack on Iran: �If they take any action, they will hand us an excuse to wipe them off the face of the earth,� according to Reuters.
Hajizadeh�s comments echo those of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who used a similar phrase in a 2005 speech.
Israel has weighed whether to attack on Iran�s nuclear facilities to stop its nuclear program, but President Obama has tried to dissuade Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from taking unilateral action.
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