Iran will carry out an “astonishing” retaliation to any attack against the Islamic republic by Israel or the United States, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned in comments published.The Islamic republic also responded to Israeli allegations that it was closer to developing a nuclear weapon, saying the latest accusations were designed to shift attention away from Israel’s own weapons and its “terror” against Palestinians. “We will counter any stupid action by Israel and its master with firmness and in an astonishing way,” Brigadier-General Mohammad-Ali Jafari was quoted as saying by the Shargh newspaper. Jafari, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards’ ground forces, said Iran now had to capacity to defeat any invader in the space of just weeks.Full Story