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Daily Mail
By Mark Duell and Hugo Gye
02/03/2012
Fears of a global nuclear war breaking out were today stoked after Israel suggested Iran has been developing missiles with an extraordinary range of 6,200 miles - enough to reach the U.S.
An international political storm is now in full force as the U.S. desperately tries to talk Israel out of an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities amidst fears a strike could now come within just two months.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta concerned Israel could strike in April Iran 'will retaliate over Western-imposed oil sanctions or attack threat'
Israel: Iran has long-distance ballistic missiles with range of 6,200 miles.
Western world on high alert as it's believed Iran is making nuclear bomb.
China urged to use its influence and stop Iran from producing weapons.
The U.S. doesn’t believe Iran is producing such a long-range missile, but Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is still reportedly fearful of a growing chance Israel would attack Iran as early as April.
‘Threatening Iran and attacking Iran will harm America,’ Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned in a defiant speech on Friday.
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‘I have no fear of saying that we will back and help any nation or group that wants to confront and fight against the Zionist regime (Israel).’
America is leaning heavily on Israel, even though it has largely concluded that outside argument will have little effect on Israeli decision-making.
'In light of the realisation of the divine promise by almighty God, the Zionists and the Great Satan (America) will soon be defeated,' Mr Khamenei added, reported World Net Daily.
The stand-off poses a major political challenge for President Obama, who has been regularly mocked by most of the GOP presidential candidates for failing to take a tougher stance against Iran.
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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Ehud Barak have been increasingly vocal in expressing concern that Israel might be running out of time.
'The world has no doubt that Iran’s nuclear program is steadily nearing readiness and is about to enter an immunity zone,' Mr Barak said, reported Bloomberg.
'If the sanctions don’t achieve their goal of halting Iran’s nuclear weapons program, there will arise the need of weighing an operation.'
Mr Ya'alon told a security conference Iran was successfully building long-distance ballistic missiles. He said: 'Such a non-conventional regime should not have such non-conventional capabilities.' He told the annual Herzliya national security conference in Israel that an Iranian military compound that mysteriously exploded on November 12 last year was developing long-range missiles.
Secretary Panetta believes Israel could strike before Iran enters a 'zone of immunity' to start building a nuclear bomb, reported the Washington Post.
Scare: An Iranian security guard walks past a gate of the Bushehr nuclear power plant as its reactor building is seen in background, just outside the city of Bushehr, south of the capital Tehran
The Israelis fear the Iranians will soon have ‘enough enriched uranium in deep underground facilities to make a weapon’, the newspaper reported.
'Threatening Iran and attacking Iran will harm America'
Mr Khamenei said any U.S. strike against Iran would backfire and the ‘painful and crippling’ Western sanctions would only increase its resilience.
‘Americans say all options are on the table - even the option of military strike,’ he said. ‘Any military strike is ten times more harmful for America. Mr Khamenei said strike threats show the U.S. can only use ‘force and bloodshed to achieve its goals’ and cannot speak against ‘Iran's logic'.
‘Such sanctions will benefit us,’ he said. ‘We would not achieve military progress if sanctions were not imposed on Iran's military sector.’ Mr Khamenei described Israel as a 'cancerous tumour that should be cut and will be cut’ and talked about Iran assisting foreign militant groups.
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The delay of a joint U.S.-Israeli military exercise due in spring may signal the prospect of an Israeli attack soon, reported the Washington Post.
'Israel has indicated they are considering this, and we have indicated our concerns'
Iran has said repeatedly it could close the vital Strait of Hormuz Gulf oil export route if sanctions succeed in preventing it exporting crude.
Israel estimates it could make four atomic bombs by further enriching uranium already stockpiled, and its first bomb within a year of starting.
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It comes a day after German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Beijing to use its influence to persuade Iran to give up its nuclear programme.
Tricky situation: Iran has said repeatedly it could close the vital Strait of Hormuz Gulf oil export route if sanctions succeed in preventing it exporting crude
China, the biggest buyer of Iranian oil, has long opposed unilateral sanctions that target Iran's energy sector and has tried to reduce tensions.
Escalating tensions between Iran and the West have pushed up Brent crude prices by about 9 per cent since mid-December.
'Sanctions will benefit us. We would not achieve military progress if sanctions were not imposed on Iran's military sector'
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President Barack Obama maintains the U.S. is reserving the right to attack Iran if it one day feels it must, but an Israeli strike on Iran is more likely.
'Israel has indicated they are considering this, and we have indicated our concerns,' Secretary Panetta said on Thursday in Brussels.
In Washington, the Senate Banking Committee easily approved yet more penalties on Tehran on Thursday in a sweeping measure.
It’s not yet law but would, amongst other plans, expand penalties for energy and uranium mining joint ventures with Tehran.
Congress approved - and President Obama signed - a bill last month to target financial institutions that do business with Iran's Central Bank.