Las autoridades iran\u00edes han introducido sistemas de defensa en 51 ciudades para contrarrestar las \u201camenazas biol\u00f3gicas, radiol\u00f3gicas y qu\u00edmicas\u201d, anunci\u00f3 el viceministro de defensa\u00a0Mehdi Farahi.\u00a0\u201cDebemos estar listos para defender a nuestra naci\u00f3n contra todas las amenazas y cualquier cosa que el enemigo pueda usar alg\u00fan d\u00eda como herramienta de ataque\u201d.<\/p>\n
Iranian authorities have introduced defense systems in 51 cities to counter \u201cbiological, radiological, and chemical threats,\u201d deputy defense minister\u00a0Mehdi Farahi<\/strong>\u00a0has announced.<\/p>\n The defense ministry has \u201cprovided 51 cities in the country with the necessary installations and equipment for passive defense,\u201d Farahi was cited as saying on Saturday by\u00a0Iribnews<\/em>, the state broadcaster\u2019s website.<\/p>\n He added that the ministry is \u201cnow able to identify the threats thanks to the infrastructure put in place to confront all sorts of biological, radiological, and chemical threats.\u201d<\/p>\n The announcement comes as Iran is engaged in negotiations to\u00a0revive its 2015 nuclear deal<\/a>\u00a0with world powers that granted the Islamic republic much-needed sanctions relief in return for curbs on its nuclear program.<\/p>\n As momentum builds to restore the deal, Israel has been waging a last-minute push to\u00a0convince allies to halt talks<\/a>.<\/p>\n On August 28, Israeli Prime Minister\u00a0Yair Lapid<\/strong>\u00a0said instructions had been given to the army and the Mossad spy agency to \u201cprepare for any scenario\u201d in the event that the deal is passed.<\/p>\n In March 2021, Iran\u2019s former defense minister\u00a0Amir Hatami<\/strong>\u00a0had said that the Islamic republic should be ready to\u00a0defend itself<\/a>\u00a0against nuclear, chemical, and biological attacks.<\/p>\n \u201cWe must be ready to defend our nation against all threats and anything that the enemy could one day use as a tool for attack,\u201d he said at an event commemorating a 1987 chemical attack against Iranian Kurds by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.<\/p>\n \u201cThese include (attacks using) chemical, nuclear, and biological weapons,\u201d Hatami added, according to\u00a0Fars<\/em>\u00a0news agency.<\/p>\n During the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, Saddam\u2019s forces launched numerous chemical attacks on Iran, including the 1987 strike on the Kurdish town of Sardasht in northwestern Iran.<\/p>\n The official toll was 119 dead and 1,518 wounded, but witnesses say thousands more were exposed to what experts say was mustard gas, dropped in canisters from planes.<\/p>\n