Brigadier General Aziz Nafizardeh, Iran's Defense Minister, warned on Wednesday that his country will attack US bases in the region if the United States launches an offensive against the Persian nation. "Iran's response will be painful for the enemies" if Iran is attacked, the military clarified. The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has on several occasions threatened the Iranian regime with an attack against the country to defend the thousands of protesters who have taken to the streets for two weeks in protests across the Islamic Republic, in which hundreds of civilians have died. Last June, Trump attacked Iran's nuclear facilities in an offensive that, according to the Iranians, killed more than a thousand people, most of them civilians, an action that Tehran responded to with an attack on a US base. "Iran will attack US bases if it is attacked," said the head of Defense, according to the local Mehr agency. The military stated that "all US bases and military bases of other countries in the region that help the US in attacks on Iranian soil will be considered legitimate targets."
