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Summary Iran can destroy nearby US bases and strike Israel within minutes of attack on country.
The Wednesday report quotes Gen. Ami Ali Hajizadeh of the powerful Revolutionary Guards as saying U.S. bases, and Israel which he referred to as occupied territories are in range of Irans missiles and could be struck as a retaliatory measure.Measures have been taken so that we could destroy all these bases in the early minutes of an attack, said Hajizadeh, chief of the Guards airspace division.Iran and the West are at odds over Tehrans nuclear ambitions and neither Israel nor the US have ruled out a military strike on the country if diplomacy fails to stop its nuclear program.
