Iran files U.N. complaint over Israeli strike threats

Iran has written to the U.N. nuclear watchdog to complain about Israeli threats to strike its atomic energy sites, its foreign ministry spokesman said at a news conference.

Israel has vowed to attack Iran in retaliation for a volley of Iranian missiles on Oct. 1, stirring widespread speculation that Iranian nuclear sites could be among the targets.

"The threat of aggression against the country’s nuclear facilities is condemned and banned," ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei told the televised news conference.

Baghaei, responding to a question about the possibility of Iran changing its official nuclear doctrine, said "weapons of mass destruction have no place in our policy". Tehran would decide on how and when to respond to any Israeli attack, he said.

Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Israel would listen to key ally the United States regarding a response to Iran's missile attack but would decide its actions according to its own national interest.

Iran has repeatedly denied Western accusations that it has covertly sought to develop nuclear bombs in violation of its commitment to the global Non-Proliferation Treaty.

In the meanwhile Explosions rocked the southern suburbs of Beirut.

A child and three adults were killed and 24 others were wounded in an Israeli strike near the Lebanese capital's main government hospital, the national health ministry said in a statement.

Israel says it aims to drive Hezbollah fighters from the border region so tens of thousands of Israelis can return to homes they were forced to flee over the past year due to Hezbollah cross-border fire in solidarity with Palestinians during the war in Gaza.

Air raid sirens sounded in Israel's Tel Aviv, according to a witness.

Hezbollah said it bombed the Glilot base of the military intelligence unit 8200 located in the suburbs of Tel Aviv with a missile salvo.