Tehran (Reuters) - Iranian State television ran a report Monday by saying that the Israeli military aircraft have been mass to an American in Iraq air base, in a strike on the Iran.
The report appeared on the press TV's website. Israel said he had no knowledge of such a plan to strike and the Iraq, Commander of the air force denied the Iranian report.
Press TV quoted what it said was a close source of Iraqi movement of Moqtada al-Sadr, the Shiite clergy who oppose the US presence in Iraq and which has close ties with Iranian leaders.
Washington Israel ally accuses Tehran of using its program declared civilian nuclear reactor to conceal a plan for the development of the atomic bomb that would threaten the Jewish State. Israeli leaders have not ruled out military action against the Iran.
However, there has been no recent indication of the increase in tension and no other information Monday to corroborate the Iranian television report.
A spokesman for the Israeli army said it had no knowledge of this report and said that the military did not comment on operational matters. Personal Iraqi air force commander Lieutenant General Anwar Ahmed dismissed the report as "without foundation".
"The al-Asad base (mentioned by the press TV) exists on Iraqi territory." "We can never accept launches a military attack against the neighbouring countries, if the Iran or any other country, of Iraqi land," he told Reuters.
The United States and its Western allies suspect that iran uses its nuclear power programme as a cover to make bombs. The Iran denies the allegation, insisting he needs from nuclear to generate more electricity technologies.
The Iran has repeatedly warned that it would undermine nuclear Israeli targets if Israel attacked its nuclear activities.
The Iran does not recognize Israel, which he calls the "Zionist regime". Israel, considered the only nuclear country, in the Middle East bombed only the Iraq ruined nuclear reactor in 1981 when Saddam Hussein was in power in Baghdad.
(Reporting by Robin Pomeroy in Tehran, Ori Lewis in Jerusalem and Jim Loney Baghdad; writing by Parisa Hafezi.) (Editing by Mark Heinrich)
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