Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said on Saturday that the United States does not dare to attack Iran and the Islamic republic would not take such a threat seriously, the official IRNA news agency reported.

The United States is so weak that it would not dare to go through another military adventure, Larijani was quoted as saying.

Larijani, who is also the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, made the remarks when a group of Pakistani media officials asked whether the United States or Israeli may attack Iranian nuclear sites in an attempt to stop Tehran's nuclear program.

"Israel is not in the position to attack us either. Things they say are sheer slogans," Larijani said, adding "we do not take such slogans seriously and if they do that, they will receive a decisive response."

Some observers believe that it is possible that the United States and Israel would attack Iranian targets for Tehran's suspicious nuclear programs.

Washington has been seeking to impose sanctions on Iran through the UN Security Council on the grounds that Tehran is developing a nuclear weapon program under the guise of a civilian-use program.

Iran has insisted that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes and voiced hope for talks to defuse the nuclear standoff. But the Islamic Republic rejected a Western prerequisite of suspending its nuclear enrichment for such talks.

Source: Xinhua