'Suspicious nuclear projects' urging Iran to revise defense strategy: Security official

A senior Iranian security official said on Wednesday that some countries in the region were spending money on "suspicious nuclear projects", and warned that such threats would force Tehran to revise its defence strategy.

"Some countries in the region are spending their petrodollars on suspicious nuclear projects that can endanger the security of the world," Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, was quoted as saying by Fars news agency.

"New threats like this will force us to revise our strategy based on the nature and geography of new threats, and predict the requirements of our country and armed forces," he added.