Iran may revise nuclear doctrine after Israel strikes, says MP

Following the Israeli October 26 attack on Iran, MP from the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Reza Sabbaghian called for a revision in the country's defence and nuclear doctrine.

Speaking at a parliament open session on October 27 morning, Mohammad Reza Sabbaghian said, "I condemn the Zionist regime's cowardly aggression against Iran, which was carried out with the direct and indirect support of the US and Europe," Caliber.Az reports per Iranian media.

"In response to the aggressor Zionist regime and the United States, we must consider [achieving] the defence weapons that these aggressors and bullies have, and the defence and nuclear doctrine of our country should be revised," he stressed.

Despite the previous warnings of the officials of the Islamic Republic to the illegal Zionist regime to avoid any adventurous actions, the Tel Aviv regime attacked several military sites in the provinces of Tehran, Khuzestan, and Ilam on October 26 morning in a tension-causing action, Iran Air Defense Force said.

Saying that the Israeli regime's attack was successfully countered by the country's integrated air defence system, it added that the Israeli side’s action caused limited damage to several sites.

The Iranian Army said four of its servicemen had been martyred in the attacks.

Notably, after a week of planning, Israel launched an attack on Iran on October 26. According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the airstrikes targeted military plants involved in the production of rockets used to strike Israel, multiple installations, including surface-to-air missile systems and air defence facilities, according to the IDF. The operation involved over 100 aircraft operating from a distance of 2,000 kilometres.

Israel said the attack was a retaliation for Iran's attack on Israel on October 1, which Iran claimed was an act of "self-defence" in retaliation for Israel's assassinations of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and IRGC general Abbas Nilforoushan.

By Khagan Isayev