Iran will hold the US responsible for any Israeli attack against the country, Ali Larijani, the speaker of Iran's parliament, has said.

His remarks came after Joe Biden, the US vice-president, said that Washington would not dictate the way Israel deals with Tehran's nuclear ambitions."We will consider the Americans responsible in any adventure launched by the Zionist entity," Larijani said in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on Monday during an official visit."No politician or person in the world can imagine that the Zionist entity can lead an operation without getting the green light from the United States."Larijani said the Islamic republic's response to an attack would be "decisive and painful".