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Iran will target 'the heart' of Israel if the Jewish state makes 'slightest move' against it, president warns

Threat comes after Iran accused Israel of 'Zionist aggression' following clashes at Al-Aqsa

Tyler O'Neil By Tyler O'Neil Fox News
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The armed forces of Iran will target "the heart" of Israel if the Jewish state makes the "slightest move" against it, Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi warned Jerusalem in a televised address Monday.

"If you make the slightest move against our nation ... our armed forces' destination will be the heart of the Zionist regime," Raisi warned.

He spoke as talks stalled in Vienna amid President Biden's attempt to resurrect former President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran. While Obama and Biden stated that their deals aim to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, critics like former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Ron Dermer have claimed that the Biden deal would put Iran on a glide path to nuclear weapons. Reporting surfaced last month that the U.S. may consider removing Iran’s Revolutionary Guard from its list of designated terrorist groups in exchange for regional peace. 

IRAN ACCUSES ISRAEL OF ‘ZIONIST’ AGGRESSION, PROMISES NEW SUPPORT FOR PALESTINIANS AFTER CLASH AT HOLY SITE

Israel has opposed such a deal, and Israeli officials have said they will unilaterally do what is necessary to protect their country.

Ebrahim Raisi

Ebrahim Raisi speaks in the second presidential debate at a state-run TV studio in Tehran, Iran, June 8, 2021. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/ Young Journalists Club, YJC via AP)

Following a clash between Palestinians and Israelis at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque Friday, Iran accused Israel of "zionist" aggression. More than 150 Palestinians were injured after thousands gathered to pray at the holy site during the month of Ramadan.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) called the clash a "desecration of the holy values ​​of Muslims" and alleged it was "carried out by the Zionist regime's military and security forces by deploying military equipment and brutally attacking defenseless Palestinian worshipers," according to a translated statement by the Tasnim News Agency, a private Iranian news outlet.

  • In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with Iranian officials, participants of the 31st International Islamic Unity Conference and ambassadors from Islamic countries, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. Khamenei condemned President Donald Trump's imminent recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
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    Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Associated Press)

  • A Ghadr-H missile, center, a Sejjil missile and a portrait of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are on display for the annual Defense Week, marking the 37th anniversary of the 1980s Iran-Iraq war, at Baharestan Sq. in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017. Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard also displayed the country's sophisticated Russian-made S-300 air defense system in public for the first time. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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    Missiles and a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are on display to mark the anniversary of the 1980s Iran-Iraq war in Tehran, Iran, Sept. 24, 2017. (AP)

  • EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran.A Ghadr 1 class Shahab 3 long range missile is launched during a test from an unknown location in central Iran September 28, 2009. Iran test-fired the missile on Monday which defence analysts have said could hit Israel and U.S. bases in the Gulf, state media reported, a move that may irk world powers ahead of rare talks with Tehran this week. REUTERS/Fars News/Ali Shayegan (IRAN MILITARY POLITICS) QUALITY FROM SOURCE - GM1E59S1FIM01
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    The Trump administration and others argue that the nuclear agreement emboldened Iran’s non-nuclear activity such as its support of extremism, ballistic missile development and cyberattacks.

The IRGC also promised a "new wave" of support for Palestinians rising up against Israel. It accused the Israeli state of "aggressive actions and new crimes."

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Reuters contributed to this report.

Tyler O'Neil is an editor at Fox News. On Twitter: @Tyler2ONeil. News tips can be sent to: tyler.oneil@fox.com.