In an interview with the Iranian Broadcasting Authority, Mohammad Javad Larigani, head of the Institute for Research in Basic Sciences and Ali Larigani's brother, referring to the government's military approach to threats, said: "With the new strategy of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, that we have no geographical limitations, the United States must know that it is also vulnerable in Europe. In other words, if we are going to be attacked from American bases in Germany, Albania or Great Britain, those are our legitimate targets, and these governments must know that it is not worth renting out their bases to attack us.