{"id":662121,"date":"2025-05-04T16:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T23:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/?p=662121"},"modified":"2025-05-04T16:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T23:22:12","slug":"iran-vows-swift-retaliation-against-u-s-and-israel-if-attacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/iran-vows-swift-retaliation-against-u-s-and-israel-if-attacked\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Vows Swift Retaliation Against U.S. And Israel If Attacked"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A man walks past a banner depicting missiles launching from a representation of the map of Iran coloured with the Iranian flag in central Tehran on April 15, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

OAN Staff\u00a0Blake Wolf<\/a>
4:22 PM \u2013 Sunday, May 4, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iranian Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh threatened to retaliate should the United States or Israel attack Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIf this war is initiated by the U.S. or the Zionist regime (Israel), Iran will target their interests, bases and forces – wherever they may be and whenever deemed necessary,\u201d Nasirzadeh stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The United States military has at least 19 facilities across the Middle East, all of which could potentially be attacked should the U.S. engage in a direct conflict with Iran, placing tens of thousands of U.S. military personnel at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement followed after a Houthi ballistic missile was able to get past Israel\u2019s Iron Dome defense system<\/a> on Sunday, slamming into the ground near the Ben Gurion Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Houthis, allied with Iran, have stated that the Israeli international airport is \u201cno longer safe for air travel,\u201d and have also been targeting ships in the Red Sea, which they claim is out of solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to the attack, threatening to respond to the Yemen based Houthis while blaming Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAttacks by the Houthis emanate from Iran. Israel will respond to the Houthi attack against our main airport AND, at a time and place of our choosing, to their Iranian terror masters,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Despite Netanyahu\u2019s claim, Nasirzadeh argued that the Houthis act independently to serve their own motivations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Netanyahu also shared a Truth Social post from President Donald Trump in March, in which Trump also blamed Iran for attacks coming from the Houthis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIran has played \u2018the innocent victim\u2019 of rogue terrorists from which they\u2019ve lost control, but they haven\u2019t lost control. They\u2019re dictating every move, giving them the weapons, supplying them with money and highly sophisticated Military equipment, and even, so-called, \u2018Intelligence,\u2019\u201d Trump wrote at the time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cEvery shot fired by the Houthis will be looked upon, from this point forward, as being a shot fired from the weapons and leadership of IRAN, and IRAN will be held responsible, and suffer the consequences, and those consequences will be dire!\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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President Trump is absolutely right!

Attacks by the Houthis emanate from Iran. Israel will respond to the Houthi attack against our main airport AND, at a time and place of our choosing, to their Iranian terror masters.
pic.twitter.com\/eO4hyUzNsI<\/a><\/p>— Benjamin Netanyahu – \u05d1\u05e0\u05d9\u05de\u05d9\u05df \u05e0\u05ea\u05e0\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5 (@netanyahu) May 4, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>