Iranian deputy armed forces director Mohammad Hejazi is warning that Iran will not wait to strike those that it perceives are threatening its security . . . this comes on top of previous Iranian threats to close the Strait of Hormuz and a recent decision to halt oil sales to the United Kingdom and France . . . an Iranian oil ministry spokesman said yesterday that Tehran might extend that ban to other European nations . . . Iran also has snubbed for the second time requests from a visiting International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspection team for access to suspect Iranian facilities, including the Parchin military base where research may have been conducted on nuclear warhead designs . . . at the same time, Iran has agreed to renewed nuclear talks with the West but has offered no details . . . Iran’s recent actions will only deepen international concerns about its nuclear program and the lengths to which Tehran will go to protect it . . . Iran is unlikely to launch an unprovoked attack against Israel or the United States but its new warning indicates a deepening desire to deter military action against it.