Iran threatens to hit US bases with missiles if it is attacked

Iran has warned the United States not to resort to military action against it

Iran has warned the United States not to resort to military action against it,saying US bases in the region were vulnerable to the Islamic Republics missiles,state media reported on Saturday.

The comments by a senior Iranian military commander were an apparent response to US officials who have said Washington was ready to use military force to stop what it suspects is Irans goal to develop a nuclear weapons capability. World powers held talks with Iran in Baghdad on May 23-24 in an attempt to find a diplomatic solution to their concerns over its nuclear programme,which Tehran maintains is entirely peaceful. Another round of talks is slated for June 18-19 in Moscow.

The politicians and the military men of the United States are well aware of the fact that all of their bases (in the region) are within the range of Irans missiles and in any case … are highly vulnerable, Press TV reported Brigadier-General Yahya Rahim Safavi as saying.

Safavi is a military adviser to Irans clerical Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and was until 2007 the commander-in-chief of Irans Revolutionary Guards,the force that protects Irans Islamic system of governance.

He also warned that Iranian missiles could reach all parts of Israel but played down any possibility of military action against his country as faint because of the current economic condition of the US.