Iran fears U.S. attack in summer: Israeli general

Israeli's military intelligence chief has said that Iran is fearing an attack from US this summer and accordingly preparing itself to defend.The attack would occur as it is not stopping its ambitious nuclear pursuit.

Iran is pursuing its highly ambitious nuclear projects. It is producing enriched uranium, which it is saying will be used for peaceful purposes like generation of electricity. But the western powers believe that those enriched uranium will be used for preparing nuclear weapons. Which Iran has been denying for a long time. On March 24th 2007 U.N. security council widened sanctions against Iran as it defied a second deadline to stop enriching uranium. U.S and U.K also suspect that the insurgents in Iraq are indirectly supported by Iran. Iran after apprehending U.S attitude it is making a defensive preparation for possible U.S attack in this summer according to Israel military intelligence chief. Major-General Amos Yadlin also told the Israeli cabinet that Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas and Syria believed they could be targeted in any U.S.-initiated war against Iran, an Israeli government official said, briefing reporters on his remarks. "What we are seeing is their preparation for the possibility of war in the summer. My assessment is that they are defensive preparations for war," Yadlin was quoted as saying, referring to Iran, Syria and Hezbollah. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said that U.S would pursue a diplomatic solution to curb Iranian nuclear program.