Iran warned yesterday that its missiles could strike Israel's nuclear
facilities.

Last Updated: 6:43PM GMT 04 Mar 2009

The country's military chief, Gen Mohammad Ali Jafari, said Iran now has
a mighty military force capable of deterring any US or Israeli attack.

"All nuclear facilities in various parts of the lands under occupation
of the Zionist regime are within the range of Iran's missiles," the
official IRNA news agency quoted Jafari as saying Wednesday.

A day earlier, his deputy said Iran had a contingency plan for hitting
back hard and causing many casualties.

Israel has warned that it could attack Iran if it does not abandon its
nuclear program, which Israel and the US suspect is a cover for weapons
production. Israel's prime minister-designate, Benjamin Netanyahu, is
among those taking a tough line and considered likely to keep open the
option of a military strike.

Iran's Shahab-3 missiles have a range of up to 1,250 miles (2,000
kilometres), putting Israel within striking distance. Iran has said it
has also increased the range of its warplanes, allowing them to fly as
far as Israel and back without refuelling.

Tehran denies any aim to make nuclear weapons and says its atomic
program is only for generating power and other peaceful purposes.

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