Iran warns of retaliation over oil sanctions (Reuters)

Herman Nackaerts (L) deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) who headed the six-member IAEA mission, talks to journalists on his arrival from Iran at the international airport in Vienna February 1, 2012. The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday it had held Reuters – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday Iran would retaliate over Western-backed oil sanctions and any threat of attack, after U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was cited as saying he feared a possible Israeli strike as early as April.