(JNS) The United States warned Israel several weeks ago not to strike sites belonging to Iranian proxies in Iraq amid reports that Tehran deployed ballistic missiles capable of targeting Israel and Saudi Arabia, according to Israeli public broadcaster KAN.

Although new American sanctions on Iran are meant to pressure the Islamic Republic regarding its activity militarily in the Middle East and its ballistic-missile initiative, the regime is said to be improving its missile arms.

Nonetheless, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman did not back down and said that Israel will target all Iranian threats.

“We are dealing with all the Iranian threats, we are not limiting ourselves to just Syrian territory,” he said. “We will deal with every Iranian threat, no matter where it comes from. Israeli freedom of action is absolute.”