TEHRAN – Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najar announced on Saturday that Israel is militarily so weak that could be a threat to Iran.

“We do not consider Israel as a threat at all,” the minister told reporters on the sidelines of a ceremony arranged to bury three soldiers martyred during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.
Israel and the United States have not ruled out attack on Iranian nuclear sites if Tehran doesn’t halt its nuclear activities which are under the watchful eyes of the UN monitoring body, the International Atomic Energy Agency.
“Israel should resolve its internal problems first. …our nation has no worries about the threats by Israel and its ally America,” Najar remarked.
Najar stressed the power of the Iranian nation lies in its “culture of martyrdom and altruism”, adding if enemies dare to launch a strike on Iran, they will face an “all-out defense”.
On the recent Defenders of the Sky of Velayat war-games, the minister said it was aimed at “increasing the military might (of the armed forces), testing new ways of management and defense”.
“Another aim of the maneuver was testing the domestically produced equipment, and this is in line with preparedness to respond” to potential military threats by enemies, he explained.
However, he said the message of any war-game is to “improve” security in the region.
“Our power is a defensive and preventive power and we intend to attack nowhere. However, we are firm in defending this land.”