{"id":36988,"date":"2018-08-23T17:03:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T22:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=36988"},"modified":"2018-08-23T17:03:47","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T22:03:47","slug":"iran-again-threatens-strike-on-us-israel-after-bolton-warns-maximum-pressure-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=36988","title":{"rendered":"Iran Again Threatens Strike On US, Israel After Bolton Warns &#8220;Maximum Pressure&#8221; Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-08-22\/iran-again-threatens-strike-us-israel-after-bolton-warns-maximum-pressure-coming\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Iran Again Threatens Strike On US, Israel After Bolton Warns &#8220;Maximum Pressure&#8221; Coming<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1718\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1718\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_22=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_22=\"1\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>In what now seems like a weekly occurrence, Iran on Wednesday warned <strong>its military wouldn&#8217;t hesitate to\u00a0strike American and Israeli targets<\/strong> should it be attacked by the United States after previous words from the US national security advisor warning that <strong>&#8220;maximum pressure&#8221; will be brought to bear\u00a0against Tehran<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The words were issued during a public speech in Tehran by a senior cleric who works closely with\u00a0Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei named\u00a0Ahmad Khatami.\u00a0He told a congregation during Eid praryers in Tehran, &#8220;<strong>The price of a war with Iran is very high for America.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Khatami said, &#8220;They know if they harm this country and this state in the slightest way the United States and its main ally in the region, <em><strong>the Zionist regime (Israel), would be targeted<\/strong><\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Bolton%20and%20Netanyahu.jpg?itok=ptosa-4D\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Bolton%20and%20Netanyahu.jpg?itok=ptosa-4D\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Bolton%20and%20Netanyahu.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/Bolton%20and%20Netanyahu.jpg?itok=ptosa-4D 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"8e5115db-a9db-4f63-b755-e951b8a99aad\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fiery speech was in response to statements given earlier\u00a0by US National Security Advisor John Bolton and Israeli Prime Minister\u00a0Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday while speaking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/08\/bolton-act-strongly-syria-chemical-arms-180822081216464.html\">at a press conference in Jerusalem\u00a0<\/a>where he was meeting\u00a0with Israeli officials, Bolton said, &#8220;Every time that Iran has brought missiles or other threatening weapons into Syria in recent months Israel has struck those targets,&#8221; and added,\u00a0<strong>&#8220;I think that&#8217;s a legitimate act of self-defense on the part of Israel.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bolton seemed to boast about Israeli&#8217;s capability to act against Iran and its allies in Syria during a speech wherein he also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/08\/bolton-act-strongly-syria-chemical-arms-180822081216464.html\">warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that if he<\/a> <strong><em>&#8220;uses chemical weapons we will respond very strongly and they really ought to think about this a long time.&#8221; <\/em><\/strong>Bolton was referencing the impending major Syrian and Russian military offensive against al-Qaeda held Idlib province in the country&#8217;s northwest.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran Again Threatens Strike On US, Israel After Bolton Warns &#8220;Maximum Pressure&#8221; 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