Ahmad Bakhshayesh Ardestani acknowledged that an assault could be a “main mistake,” successfully granting Iran a official justification to develop nuclear weapons.
Bakhshayesh argued that if Israel have been to strike, it might validate Iran’s pursuit of a nuclear bomb as a vital measure for deterrence.
He, nonetheless, expressed skepticism in regards to the probability of such an assault, given its potential ramifications for regional stability.
In a separate dialogue relating to the latest assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, Bakhshayesh recommended that intelligence infiltration inside Iranian establishments might have performed a job within the incident.
He indicated {that a} detailed evaluation pointed to a micro-drone or an identical short-range weapon being utilized in Haniyeh’s assassination.
Reacting to threats from Israeli officers, together with these from the Mossad, Bakhshayesh reaffirmed Iran’s proper to self-defense, outlining that any aggression in direction of Iran would allow the nation to behave on its proper to guard itself.
