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President: Iran to give crushing response to any possible hostile actions
Rabu, 29 Agustus 2007 | 09:01 WIB
Tehran, NU Online
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Tuesday that any action against the Iranian nation will be given proper response.
"I consider it unlikely if the US takes any such illogical and illegal action because the measure would turn into a joke worldwide.<>
I have not heard any such claim raised officially by the US administration," said President Ahmadinejad.
The president pointed to rift in the US administration concerning Iran's case and said, "We think there is a rift in the US: Some wish to solve problem logically and some others, whose arms manufacturing plants have gone bankrupt, want to escalate tension worldwide. The second group wants to foil efforts of the first one."
On Iran's relations with the neighboring states, President Ahmadinejad said Tehran's ties with the Persian Gulf littoral states are friendly.
"Today, our volume of commercial transactions with the UAE is more than 11 billion dollars. Our relationship with officials of the country is cordial and friendly. Moreover, we have good relations with Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain."
He went on to say that Iraqi occupiers do not favor unity among regional nations and want to pit them against one another so as to continue their presence in Iraq. "Fortunately, the course of events is in favor of unity and fraternity among Iraqi people."
About claims that Iran interferes in Iraq affairs, Ahmadinejad said, "That's also among their mistakes. Whenever they face difficulty, they start to hold others accountable rather than trying to identify and compensate for their mistake."
He said the Iranian nation has a geographical proximity and close relations with Iraq and insecurity in the country would be against the Iranians too.
"Iran will suffer the most in case of insecurity in Iraq because it shares longest borders with the country. Many Iraqis are of Iranian origin and many Iranians are of Iraqi origin. Anybody from any group who gets hurt in Iraq will make the Iranian nation unhappy.
Iran has no need for such interferences. The government, parliament, president and prime minister of Iraq all love Iran. Today formation of government in Iraq is in favor of all and Iran."
He said that occupiers have come to Iraq under the pretext of insecurity while they are the source of insecurity there.
"They shipped arms and put them at the disposal of different groups and took provocative acts and hatched plots. Charging Iran is not a solution to their problems. We do not insist on taking them out of the quagmire. We have already said we are ready to help them get out the swamp but now that they emphasize to remain in it, so let it be so." (irn/dar)
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Tuesday that any action against the Iranian nation will be given proper response.
"I consider it unlikely if the US takes any such illogical and illegal action because the measure would turn into a joke worldwide.<>
I have not heard any such claim raised officially by the US administration," said President Ahmadinejad.
The president pointed to rift in the US administration concerning Iran's case and said, "We think there is a rift in the US: Some wish to solve problem logically and some others, whose arms manufacturing plants have gone bankrupt, want to escalate tension worldwide. The second group wants to foil efforts of the first one."
On Iran's relations with the neighboring states, President Ahmadinejad said Tehran's ties with the Persian Gulf littoral states are friendly.
"Today, our volume of commercial transactions with the UAE is more than 11 billion dollars. Our relationship with officials of the country is cordial and friendly. Moreover, we have good relations with Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain."
He went on to say that Iraqi occupiers do not favor unity among regional nations and want to pit them against one another so as to continue their presence in Iraq. "Fortunately, the course of events is in favor of unity and fraternity among Iraqi people."
About claims that Iran interferes in Iraq affairs, Ahmadinejad said, "That's also among their mistakes. Whenever they face difficulty, they start to hold others accountable rather than trying to identify and compensate for their mistake."
He said the Iranian nation has a geographical proximity and close relations with Iraq and insecurity in the country would be against the Iranians too.
"Iran will suffer the most in case of insecurity in Iraq because it shares longest borders with the country. Many Iraqis are of Iranian origin and many Iranians are of Iraqi origin. Anybody from any group who gets hurt in Iraq will make the Iranian nation unhappy.
Iran has no need for such interferences. The government, parliament, president and prime minister of Iraq all love Iran. Today formation of government in Iraq is in favor of all and Iran."
He said that occupiers have come to Iraq under the pretext of insecurity while they are the source of insecurity there.
"They shipped arms and put them at the disposal of different groups and took provocative acts and hatched plots. Charging Iran is not a solution to their problems. We do not insist on taking them out of the quagmire. We have already said we are ready to help them get out the swamp but now that they emphasize to remain in it, so let it be so." (irn/dar)
