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US Tops List for Threatening World Peace, Says Khatami
 President Mohammad Khatami, responding to comments by a senior US official that Iran tops the list of world trouble spots, said yesterday the United States was the country which most endangered global peace. Tensions between Tehran and Washington, which broke diplomatic ties in 1980,
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have heightened in recent days as US officials have taken an increasingly tough line on the Islamic state. "You look around the world at potential trouble spots, Iran is right at the top of the list," US Vice President Dick Cheney said last week on the day George W. Bush was sworn in for a second four-year term as president. Khatami, speaking to reporters after a meeting with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, responded in kind. "We say that America is at the top of the list of countries which are endangering world peace and security and we hope that one day they come to their senses," he said, adding he thought a change in US policy was very unlikely. Iranian officials have been quick to stress that Tehran would respond vigorously to any military attack by the United States or Israel, which Cheney said may decide to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities.
Posted by: Fred 2005-01-27 |
