Iran has threatened to use ‘weapons it has never used’ in a ‘painful and severe’ response if Israel launches airstrikes in retaliation to Tehran’s weekend salvo.

Israel earlier vowed that it will respond to Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attack, amid fears that the Middle East is teetering on the edge of an all-our war.

As the West urged for calmer heads to prevail in the Jewish state, Iranian Parliament’s National Security Committee Abolfazl Amoue stated that Iran is ‘prepared to use a weapon that we have never used’ if Israel responds further.

Speaking on Monday, he said Israel should consider its next steps and ‘act wisely.’

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi also warned Israel it will face a ‘painful response’ if it takes the ‘slightest action’ in response to his country’s attack.

The threats raise fears that Iran’s lacklustre drone and missile barrage – 99 percent of which was intercepted by Israel and its allies – could further push Tehran to develop nuclear weapons.

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