Iran threatens strikes on US bases in Europe

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Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei has threatened to strike US bases beyond the Middle East, including in Europe, if they are used for attacks against the Islamic republic.

Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei has threatened to strike US bases beyond the Middle East, including in Europe, if they are used for attacks against the Islamic republic.

"If American aircraft take off from an American military base, even one located in a European country or some other distant region, to bomb Iran, we will strike those bases as well," Mr Rezaei told Lebanon-based Al Mayadeen TV in an interview broadcast today.

He also said that Iran's response to renewed US attacks would "target America's more distant military installations - including the ones we have not yet attacked", without specifying.

"We may even strike certain islands that they assume are beyond the reach of our missiles," he added during the interview, which was conducted in Tehran.

The Middle East war broke out on 28 February with US-Israeli strikes that killed Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Iran responded by launching missiles and drones at countries across the region, while the militant groups it backs in Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq also entered the fray.

Diplomatic efforts led by Qatar and Pakistan have been under way to negotiate an end to the war.

The US and Israel have repeatedly cited Iran's nuclear programme as part of their justification for the war, but Mr Rezaei said the nuclear issue was "not currently" part of the talks and that Tehran had already established red lines, including that it would "not send even a tiny amount of the enriched material outside Iran".

Iran's nuclear programme - and its stockpile of uranium enriched up to 60%, close to the 90% threshold needed for an atomic bomb - has been at the centre of tensions for years.

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