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Iran responds to reports of Israel's $1.5 billion 'strike fund'

News about an Israeli fund designated for attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities has irked Iranian officials.
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Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, responded to reports that Israel has proposed $1.5 billion to carry out strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities.

In a post on Twitter, Shamkhani wrote, “Instead of allocating 1.5 billion dollars budget for atrocities against Iran, the Zionist regime should focus on providing tens of thousands of billion dollars to repair the damage that is going to be caused by Iran’s shocking response.” He tweeted the same thing in Persian, Arabic and Hebrew. 

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