An Iranian general said Saturday that Tehran will target NATO’s early warning radar in Turkey if the US or Israel attacks the Islamic Republic.

Antony Blinken, national security adviser to US Vice President Joe Biden, told a teleconference briefing from Washington on Monday that “making threatening statements doesn’t serve anyone’s purpose, least of all the Iranians.”

Biden is due to visit Turkey this week.

“Turkey shares our goal of preventing a nuclear-armed Iran,” Blinken added, according to a transcript posted on the US embassy website.