Iran threatens to hit Western warships in Gulf if attacked

[FarCenter]

By Agence France Presse (AFP)

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

TEHRAN: Iran’s Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said Tuesday that Western warships stationed in the Gulf are the “best targets” for the Islamic Republic if its nuclear sites are attacked, Fars news agency reported. Iranian officials have repeatedly threatened to deliver a “crushing response” and hit US targets, including its bases in the Gulf and neighboring Iraq and Afghanistan, if Iran’s nuclear sites are attacked.

“Why are there so many warships there? The Westerners know these warships are the best targets for operations by Iran if they do anything against ,” Vahidi told a conference entitled “Persian Gulf” in Tehran.

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