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Iran warns against an invasion by any country
In comments directed at the United States, Iran's supreme leader warned Monday that his country can harm the interests of any invader, state-run Tehran television reported.
| I don't think he's talking about duking it out with the Marines... |
"The United States says that we have endangered their interests," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told a crowd of thousands on a visit to the city of Hamedan in western Iran. "If anyone invades our nation, we will jeopardize their interests around the world," Khamenei warned.
| "Even as we're folding at home..." |
The United States has accused Iran of aiding an anti-U.S. insurgency in Iraq, but there has been no explicit threat of an invasion or attack against Tehran. Washington also has warned that Iran is hiding a secret nuclear weapons program, an accusation denied by Tehran. Last month, U.S. President George W. Bush criticized Iran's Islamic autocracy, saying hard-line rulers must be defeated for trying to hold back the democratic will of a rising generation.
Posted by: Fred 2004-07-05 |
