Iranian Assistant Foreign Minister Ali Reza Enayati said that the Israeli threats do not worry the Iranians, and that they are ready to respond to any aggression.
Enayati added - in a previous interview with Al-Jazeera - that his country welcomes the continuous efforts of neighboring countries in efforts to revive the nuclear agreement.
He made it clear that Iran supports reaching a nuclear agreement that guarantees its legitimate interests in nuclear energy.
For months, negotiations between Iran, the United States, and 5 other countries (France, Britain, China, Russia, and Germany) have stalled in the Austrian capital, Vienna, regarding a deal to restore restrictions on Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for lifting economic sanctions that were re-imposed by former US President Donald Trump after his country withdrew from the agreement in May. May 2018.
Israeli threats
The new Israeli Defense Minister, Yoav Galant, stressed the importance of curbing the Iranian nuclear project.
Galant said - during a ceremony for receiving the defense portfolio from his predecessor, Benny Gantz - that the security challenges facing Israel have become more complex and diverse, and on top of them is Iran's efforts to possess a military nuclear capability.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his government's first commitment is to thwart Tehran's efforts to obtain nuclear weapons, as he put it.
In turn, the Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Aviv Kochavi, said - in a speech last week before the Institute for National Security Research - that his forces had improved their readiness to strike Iranian nuclear targets, stressing that the level of preparation for an operation in Iran had improved significantly.
Kochavi explained that the Israeli Air Force recently conducted two exercises simulating the bombing of Iranian nuclear reactors, and that the rate of army operations against the Iranian presence in the region during this year amounted to one operation every week, compared to less than 7 operations per year during the previous three years.
The Israeli military intelligence forecast for 2023 indicated that Iran "will continue to follow the path of slow progress it is currently taking" in the nuclear field, according to "Israel Today" newspaper on Sunday.