Former Iranian diplomat Amir al-Mousavi told Al-Mayadeen news that Iran has been threatened with a nuclear strike.
Mousavi stressed that Iran has made it clear any nuclear attack will be met with a proportional response.
He further noted that those issuing the threats received even stronger replies.
He also urged people to ignore baseless claims of alleged Iranian "cowardice" circulating on social media, over the still-delayed retaliation against Israel for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran weeks ago.
Mousavi concluded by asserting that Iran, together with its allies, is fully prepared to confront the Zionist entity (Israel) with full force.
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Hal Turner Analysis
In the ongoing Soap Opera of the Israel-Iran troubles, we have finally reached the apex threat stage: nuclear attack.
I call it a "Soap Opera" because like old the TV Soap Operas, you can walk away from it for a whole week and when you get back, you find you haven't missed anything substantial.
As readers are aware, today (August 15, 2024) is my first day back at work from my vacation last week, and, as I peruse the available Intel and news, I realize I haven't missed much!
What I have missed - or rather been relieved of for a week -- is all the stress that had come with the ongoing situation.
As usual, folks in the Middle East are all hyped-up and ready to blow each other up . . . again . . . . as usual. It's been this way for decades and shows little sign of abating.
As I look at the nuclear strike claim, I realize the only thing different about this situation is that the threat was actually made.
For decades, it was the quiet part . . . the part no one said out loud. It was always known, and presumed, that no one could hit Israel without the real possibility of being nuked by Israel.
But now that the actual threat has been made - interesting things are happening.
First, there is no abatement of the retaliation by Iran. Iran says it __is__ coming and __will_ be delivered.
So what did the nuclear threat accomplish?
Looking at the situation as the outsider I actually am, Iran faces a very simple reality:
If they do not hit Israel back for the assassination, then they don't have a country anymore. Israel will be free to kill whomever they want, wherever they want, whenever they want.
If they DO hit Israel back, and very VERY hard, it __may__ give them pause before they think about undertaking such an act again. BUT . . . .
It will also unleash the very war that Israel has been looking at waging since the Iranian nuclear program became public knowledge.
Israel simply will not tolerate any other nearby country being equipped with nuclear weapons the same way the Israelis have nuclear weapons. If any neighbor country has nukes, that would DETER Israel from its ongoing military abuse of neighbors.
It was this reality, for decades, that actually created today's troubles because somewhere inside Israel, they got the idea they could do whatever they want, to whomever they want, whenever and wherever they want, and no one would dare do anything for fear of being nuked.
Many MANY sources have repeatedly told me that Iran already has nuclear weapons; they allegedly got them via their own research and with help from North Korea.
None of us knows for certain if this claim of Iran nukes is true.
But back to the issue at hand, Israel has apparently made an actual, direct, nuclear attack threat.
So again, for Iran, the issue is simple: Does Iran hit the Israelis back (HARD) for assassinating Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, or not?
In my analysis, this is a no-brainer. I think Iran __must__ hit Israel back, and very hard.
Remember, back in April of this year, Israel bombed the Iran Embassy Compound in Damascus, Syria. An open act of war!
Iran made a retaliation, with force, much of which was shunted by Israeli defenses, with assistance from allies like the US and UK.
But in that retaliation, deadly weaknesses in Israel's defenses were exposed. Several Iranian ballistic missiles, got through Israeli defenses, and struck Israeli military bases. It proved that Israel __could__ be successfully hit, and the Israelis now know they are nowhere near as "invincible" as they thought they were. They don't like this reality and so they have upped-the-ante to actual nuclear threat.
That was foolishness on the part of Israel that is psychotic in its origin. If Israel nukes Iran over any conventional attack, what does Israel think Russia will do? What will North Korea do? What will Pakistan do? I think one or more of those countries would launch nuclear strikes at Israel! Much of Israel would be annihilated.
Now, the U.S. would be in a real pickle if any of this happened because, as Israel's co-dependent enabler, the US would be obligated to come to the aid of their psycho-bully-little-brother, Israel.
Would US political leaders risk all-out nuclear war, for a bunch of psychotics-from-inbreeding over in Israel?
Maybe. Maybe not.
Which brings us all back to Israel's nuclear threat. If I was in Iran, I would realize the nuclear threat is __possible__ but not probable.
If I was in Iran, I would also realize that Israel has wanted an excuse to go after Iran's nuclear program for years, and this situation, right now, was intentionally created BY ISRAEL, to cause that exact war. It is coming and nothing will stop it.
So if I was an Iranian political leader, I would resign myself to the reality that a big war __is__ here, and I would go for the gusto; I would order a massive attack upon Israel in response to the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, and the total violation of Iran sovereignty the assassination actually was.
Iran is either sovereign or they're not.
If they want to be sovereign, it seems to me they __must__ hit Israel. Since the Iran retaliation after the Embassy Bombing did not deter Israel, this retaliation for the assassination of Haniyeh must be at least ten times larger.
The longer Iran waits, the more time Israel has to prepare. The more time the US and UK have to move assets into theater and move weapons into Israel.
So, I ask the leadership of Iran: Are you sovereign, or not? Are you going to allow the Israelis to murder people in your capital city, or not?
I think that if Iran rolls-over and does not attack in response to the Haniyeh murder, then Iran is no longer sovereign.
