Iran threatens to use more powerful warheads against Israel in next attack: report

Iranian officials have warned they are planning the country's next attack using warheads more powerful than any weapons previously used in strikes against Israel, despite US warnings against a counterattack on the country, according to reports.

Israel attacked Iran on October 26, targeting critical military infrastructure. The Israeli attack came in response to a wave of around 200 missiles launched from Iran towards Israel on October 1.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Israel has refrained from striking oil and nuclear facilities in Iran, which are critical to its security. Israeli officials said the logic could change.

Iranian and Arab diplomats have reportedly said their conventional military could be involved in future attacks on Israel, after losing four soldiers and a civilian in the latest Israeli attack. But relying on the conventional army does not necessarily mean deploying troops, but rather could mean that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which generally handles Israeli security measures, would not be able to act alone.

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Numerous rockets, fired from Iran, are seen over Jerusalem from Hebron in the West Bank on October 1, 2024. The Israeli military announced that missiles had been fired from Iran towards Israel and sirens sounded were heard throughout the country, notably in Tel Aviv. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Arab and Iranian officials also said Iran did not plan to limit its response to drones and missiles, as in previous attacks. Any missiles used in the future, the officials added, would have more powerful warheads.

In the Oct. 1 attack, the WSJ reported, Iran said it primarily used four different types of medium-range ballistic missiles.

Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), told Fox News Digital that the challenge with reporting an attack is that it must be mutually intelligible. He said any successful strike, such as the one Israel launched in October aimed at stemming the escalation, may be seen by the Iranian regime as an affront that must be responded to.

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Israeli Air Force planes depart for strikes in Iran on October 26. (IDF Spokesperson’s Unit)

“Assessments by Iranian media and officials have shifted from trying to downplay the strike to using it to show off and threaten revenge,” Taleblu said. “Make no mistake, Tehran still has the capacity to respond. The Islamic Republic can still fire many more projectiles and with heavier warheads than those used in its first two direct attacks on Israel. Escalation without air defense, it “is either leading with the chin or putting the pieces of the puzzle in place to justify a move towards the development of atomic weapons.”

Iran on Saturday claimed it was capable of building a nuclear weapon as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei promised a “brittle” response to the actions of Israel and the United States on Saturday.

Kamal Kharrazi, one of Khamenei's top advisers, issued a warning about Iran's nuclear capability on Friday, saying the country may be prepared to change its policy on the use of nuclear weapons if the country were confronted to an existential threat.

Iran says it is capable of building nuclear weapons as the Ayatollah promises a “teeth breaker” response to Israel and the United States.

Fighters from Iran-backed Shiite groups celebrate in a street after the IRGC attack on Israel, in Basra, Iraq. (Reuters/Essam Al-Sudani)

“If an existential threat arises, Iran will change its nuclear doctrine, we have the capacity to produce weapons and we have no problem in this regard,” Kharrazi told Lebanese media.

The Iranian threat remains to be demonstrated.

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The WSJ also reported that the Iranian official said he did not want to influence the US elections with the attack, adding that any response to the October 26 Israeli attack would come after Election Day on Tuesday, but before the inauguration of the winner of the presidential election. January.

Anders Hagstrom of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.