Iran's Top Authority: Iran will target U.S. interests world-wide if attacked

Oil tanker attacks in the Persian Gulf increased as the Iran-Iraq war dragged on

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's top authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Thursday the Islamic Republic would target U.S. interests around the world if it came under attack over its disputed nuclear program.

His comments came as an Iranian naval commander said Revolutionary Guards had test fired missiles that could sink "big warships" in the Gulf, the waterway where a second U.S. aircraft carrier is now heading. The White House said it did not see that as a direct assault on U.S. ships.

Iran and the United States are locked in a war of words over Tehran's nuclear energy program, which Washington says is being channeled into bomb-building, a charge Tehran denies.

"(Iran's) enemies know well that any aggression will lead to a reaction from all sides in the Iranian nation on the aggressors and their interests around the world," state television quoted Khamenei as saying.

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