US military too stretched to attack Iran, says Iranian official

The United States is in no position to launch a military strike on Iran because its armed forces are tied up in Iraq and Afghanistan, a senior Iranian official said on Friday.

Asked on a visit to Moscow about speculation that Washington could use force to disrupt Tehran's nuclear programme, deputy head of Iran's Atomic Energy Agency Mohammad Saeedi said, "I think this issue is not true. The United States is not in the position (where it) can attack Iran," He said in an interview with Russia's Vesti-24 news channel. (Reuters)