(Al Jazeera Media Network) Iran has told the United States via an intermediary that any Israeli attack against Iran would meet an “unconventional response” that includes targeting Israeli infrastructure.
In exclusive remarks to Al Jazeera, an Iranian official said on Thursday that his country has sent a message to the US, via Qatar, addressing rising regional tensions after Iran’s missile attack on Israel.
In the message, Tehran told Washington that “the phase of unilateral self-restraint has ended,” adding that “individual self-restraint does not secure our national security requirements.”
The indirect message also emphasized that Iran does not want a regional war, the official said.
On Wednesday, Israel pledged to respond after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired a two-wave ballistic missile attack at military and security targets in Israel.
Iran says Tuesday’s missile attack was in response to Israeli attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip and Lebanon, and the killing of key officials in Hezbollah and the Palestinian group Hamas.
The salvo of about 200 projectiles caused no casualties as most missiles were intercepted, according to the Israeli army.
The US has repeatedly promised to back its close ally Israel.
