Deputy head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard: We possess a unique ballistic missile that is almost impossible to counter White House confirms Nov. 9 meeting in Washington between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. There are "no limits" to the number of missiles Iran could launch at U.S. military bases in the Middle East, the deputy head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami, warned in an interview with an Iranian television station that aired on Wednesday. "If [the Americans] attack us, we have precision ballistic missiles with which we can target U.S. military bases," Salami said. According to Salami, Iran possesses "a unique ballistic missile that, perhaps, only Russia and the U.S. have, and it is almost impossible to counter this missile." Salami was discussing a future scenario in which Iranian violations of the nuclear deal reached in July prompt American military action against Iran's nuclear facilities. Meanwhile, Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cautioned Revolutionary Guard commanders on Wednesday about American attempts to infiltrate Iranian territory. "The main goal of our enemies is that Iranians give up the revolutionary mentality," Khamenei told a gathering of Revolutionary Guard commanders. Khamenei called America a "concrete symbol of global arrogance." A Washington Post/ABC News poll published on Wednesday found that support among the American public for the Iran nuclear deal had dropped to 51% -- a decline from 59% last March. Also on Wednesday, the White House confirmed reports that President Barack Obama will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington on March 9. According to the White House, Obama and Netanyahu will discuss the Iran nuclear deal, as well as other regional security issues. The meeting at the White House will be the first for the two leaders since the Iran nuclear deal was signed. The dispute over the nuclear deal drove a deeper wedge in already tense relations between the Obama and Netanyahu governments. The Nov. 9 meeting was announced a week after Obama's Democrats in the U.S. Senate blocked a Republican bid to derail the nuclear deal. At the meeting, Obama and Netanyahu will also discuss Israel-Palestinian relations, the situation in Gaza and the West Bank and "the need for the genuine advancement of a two-state solution," the White House said. White House spokesman Josh Earnest called the upcoming meeting a demonstration "of the deep and enduring bonds between the United States and Israel as well as our unprecedented cooperation to further enhance Israel's security." The U.S. has committed to provide more than $7.18 billion in security aid to Israel over the next year, and officials have floated the possibility of signing a new 10-year agreement about U.S.-Israeli security cooperation. But Netanyahu's government has thus far reacted tepidly to that proposal, out of concern that signing such a deal would suggest Israeli acquiescence to the nuclear accord.
