Special Report: Iran Nuclear Crisis    

    TEHRAN, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Iranian government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham said on Saturday that any attacks against the Islamic republic would be an "act of stupidity."

    "Any attacks or military actions against Iran would be an act of stupidity and the repercussions would hurt everyone," Elham told local reporters.

    Elham said that his country was well-prepared to fight back any foreign troops who would venture into battlefield with Iran.

    Elham stressed that Israel "is too weak to attack any country," adding that the Jewish nation "is doomed at home and that military adventurism will not help it survive."

    Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told the official IRNA news agency Friday that Iran's response to possible the U.S. and Israeli attacks would be "crushing."

    "The Zionist regime (Israel) is still involved in aftershock of the Lebanese war, and the U.S. has no capacity to enter another crisis in the Persian Gulf," Mottaki was quoted as saying.

    The United States and its allies have accused Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons under the cover of a civilian nuclear program. Iran has denied the U.S. charges and insists that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.

    The Bush administration said it focused on diplomacy to try to resolve Iran's nuclear issue, but has insisted it will take "no option off the table."

    Some observers believe that it is still possible that the United States and Israel would attack Iranian targets for Tehran’s suspicious nuclear programs.