TEHRAN — Iran will make an immediate, decisive reaction to any attack on
its nuclear facilities, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has
warned.
US participation in potential Israeli attacks on Iran's
nuclear sites would be one of the "biggest historical mistakes,"
Araghchi said in an exclusive interview with Qatar's Al Jazeera TV network,
while responding to a question about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu's threats of attacking Iran's nuclear facilities and a possible US
involvement.
In the interview aired late Friday, Araghchi noted that
Iran's nuclear programme was domestically developed, and the country has
managed to acquire the nuclear capability and technology relying on its own
capacities.
"Iran's nuclear programme is inside the Iranian
scientists' brains, not on the ground. Such a capability and programme will not
be destroyed through bombardments and airstrikes," he said.
In addition, Iran's nuclear facilities are not located in
one or two regions, but in several areas across the country, and in places that
are "very difficult and even impossible" to target via airstrikes and
protected by "very good air defence," said the minister.
"Unlike the previous times, if any attack is carried
out against Iran's nuclear facilities, the country's reaction will be immediate
and decisive," said Araghchi, Xinhua news agency reported.
Should such an attack be launched, "we will enter an
all-out war in the region, a disaster nobody, neither inside nor outside the
region, wants," he said. "I do not think Americans would make such a
big miscalculation."
Araghchi emphasised that Iran does not possess nuclear
weapons and such weapons are not part of the country's military doctrine, while
Iran is capable of producing nuclear weapons but does not intend to do so.
"We ensure our security through other methods and maintain that nuclear
weapons are forbidden," he added.
