Al-Arabia – A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) hinted on Thursday at the possibility of Tehran reassessing its stance on nuclear weapons amid escalating tensions with Israel.
Ahmad Haghtalab, the commander of the IRGC unit responsible for safeguarding Iran’s nuclear sites, said that Israeli threats against Iran’s nuclear facilities could prompt a review and potential shift in Iran’s declared nuclear policies.
Israeli threats “against Iran’s nuclear facilities make it possible to revise and deviate from the declared nuclear policies and considerations,” the semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted Haghtalab as saying.
Iran has always maintained that its nuclear program, a longstanding source of tension with Western powers, is solely for peaceful purposes.
On April 13, Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel in response to a deadly strike on its consulate in Syria, which it blamed on Israel.
Iran said its attack was “completely successful,” but Israel said the attack caused minimal damage after the majority of the projectiles were intercepted.
Israel has vowed to respond to the Iranian attack. Airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear sites are a potential option.