India, May 4 -- Iranian Defence Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh said on Sunday that Tehran will strike back if the United States or Israel attacks the country.

The remarks come after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Tel Aviv would respond to the Houthi attack on the David Ben-Gurion Airport at the 'time and place of our choosing' to Iran.

"If this war is initiated by the US or the Zionist regime (Israel), Iran will target their interests, bases, and forces - wherever they may be and whenever deemed necessary," Nasirzadeh told Iranian state TV.

Netanyahu on Sunday vowed a multi-phased response to Yemen's Houthis after the rebels fired a missile towards Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, injuring six people and prompting several ...