FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012 photo, an Israeli woman talks on the phone after collecting gas masks for her family in a shopping mall in Jerusalem. Israel has taken steps to ease tensions with the United States over Iran’s nuclear program in recent days, officials confirmed Tuesday, working closely with the Americans on formulating a common position in efforts to ward off a possible Israeli attack on Iran. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue,File)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012 photo, an Israeli woman talks on the phone after collecting gas masks for her family in a shopping mall in Jerusalem. Israel has taken steps to ease tensions with the United States over Iran’s nuclear program in recent days, officials confirmed Tuesday, working closely with the Americans on formulating a common position in efforts to ward off a possible Israeli attack on Iran. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue,File)
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Vice President Joe Biden, projected on screens, gestures as he addresses the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2013 Policy Conference, Monday, March 4, 2013, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks during a foreign policy discussion at the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2013 Policy Conference, Monday, March 4, 2013, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Vice President Joe Biden gets a hug from Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak before he addressed the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2013 Policy Conference, Monday, March 4, 2013, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. waves before speaking at a foreign policy discussion at the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2013 Policy Conference, Monday, March 4, 2013, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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A Syrian girl, who fled her home with her family due to fighting between the Syrian army and the rebels, sleeps by her family's belongings, while she and others take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. Thousands of Syrians who have been displaced by the country's civil are struggling to find safe shelter while shelling and airstrikes by government forces continue. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Egyptian Vice President, Mahmoud Mekki, left, President Mohammed Morsi, second left, Prime Minister Hesham Kandil, third left, and the Grand Sheik of Al-Azhar, Ahmed el-Tayeb, right, attend Eid al-Fitr prayers in Amr Ibn Al-As mosque to mark the start of a three-day Muslim holiday that marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. In his sermon, the imam, Ismail el-Diftar, not seen, prayed for martyrs and the liberation of Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, heads the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Netanyahu is defending the actions of Israel's security forces following a public uproar over the mysterious death of a man who apparently hanged himself while being held secretly in a maximum-security prison. (AP Photo/Ronen Zvulun, Pool)
Iran: Commanders authorized to respond to attacks
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The spokesman for Iran's armed forces says military commanders have been given the authority to respond immediately to enemy attacks.
Gen. Masoud Jazayeri also says Iran keeps "all options are on the table", language similar to that used by U.S. President Barack Obama to leave open the possibility of military action against Iran's nuclear program.
Obama told Israel's Channel 2 TV Thursday that Washington still prefers diplomacy over force, but that a nuclear Iran is a "red line."
Jazayeri didn't elaborate. His comments were posted Saturday on sepahnews.com, the website of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, the country's most powerful military force.
Obama said Iran is about a year away from developing a nuclear weapon. Tehran denies it is pursuing weapons technology.
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