Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei warned that Tehran could target distant US military bases, including islands and regions Washington believed were beyond its missiles’ reach. (AFP pic)TEHRAN: Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei has threatened to strike US bases beyond the Middle East, including in Europe, if they are used for attacks against the Islamic republic.

"If American aircraft take off from an American military base, even one located in a European country or some other distant region, to bomb Iran, we will strike those bases as well," Rezaei told Lebanon-based Al Mayadeen TV in an interview broadcast on Wednesday.

He added that Iran's response would "target America's more distant military installations", and potentially "certain islands that they assume are beyond the reach of our missiles".