Iran's top naval officer warned Sunday that Washington would pay a heavy price if it ever attacked the Islamic Republic.
"If the United States attacks Iran, it will suffer heavy losses ... because we know its weak points," Rear Admiral Abbas Mohtaj was quoted as saying by Kayhan newspaper. "Iranian naval forces have enormous capabilities and we are able to build missiles with a range of 1,500 kilometers," Mohtaj said.
Moreover, he added President George W. Bush's talk about Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction was only a pretext for seizing "control over energy resources in the Persian Gulf and Middle East."
"The United States has three goals. It intends to control the oil in the region in order to rule the world economy, to save the Zionist regime and to control Islamic movements", he added. (Albawaba.com)
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