Iran dismisses 'stupid' US strike threat

Iran said yesterday that a US military strike against it would be a strategic blunder, but brushed aside tough talk from Washington as psychological warfare rather than a real threat.

Iran’s Intelligence Minister Ali Yunesi said: “The Americans are stupid, but not so much to make the same mistake which they made in Tabas,” referring to a failed US military operation in 1980 to rescue hostages held in Iran, according to the official Islamic Republic News Agency.