Iran denies talk of strike on nuclear sites

Tehran: A senior Iranian nuclear official denied on Tuesday talks of a military strike on the country's nuclear sites.

"This is just a rumour. No attack against Iran's nuclear facilities has taken place," the official said.

The comment came days after a report that Israeli jets had rehearsed a possible strike on the Islamic Republic, which an Israeli army spokesman denied on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Iran's Revolutionary Guards will give a "severe" response if the Islamic Republic is attacked, the force's commander said.

"Iran's Revolutionary Guards are in the best shape to defend the Islamic Republic and the Islamic revolution and that is why the enemy...cannot confront us," Commander-in-Chief Mohammad Ali Jafari was quoted as saying.

"If the enemy makes a strategic mistake [by attacking], the Revolutionary Guards are fully prepared to give a severe answer to the enemy," he told the Irna news agency.