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IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER PROMISES TO MEET ANY ATTACK WITH "IRON FISTS"
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 10, 2011 - 15:18 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran's Supreme Leader warned the United States and
Israel on Thursday, November 10, not to launch any military action
against its nuclear sites, saying it would be met with "iron fists."
"Our enemies, particularly the Zionist regime (Israel), America and
its allies, should know that any kind of threat and attack or even
thinking about any (military) action will be firmly responded to,"
the state television quoted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as saying.
"The Revolutionary Guards and army and our nation ... will answer
attacks with strong slaps and iron fists," he said, Reuters reported.
Speculation about an imminent attack on Iran was fueled last week
when Israel test-launched a long-range missile near Tel Aviv and
by comments by some Israeli officials that Tehran's nuclear program
posed a "direct and heavy" threat.
Tension rose on Tuesday when the International Atomic Energy Agency
reported that Iran appeared to have worked on designing an atomic
bomb and may still be conducting secret research.
Iran denounced the U.N inspectors' report as "unbalanced" and
"politically motivated."
Israel on Wednesday called on the world to stop Iran from developing
nuclear weapons while Western powers called for heavier sanctions
against the Islamic Republic.
The United States and European allies say Iran is trying to build
bombs under cover of a civilian nuclear program. The major oil
producer denies this, saying it needs nuclear technology to improve
its electricity supply for a rapidly growing population.
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 10, 2011 - 15:18 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran's Supreme Leader warned the United States and
Israel on Thursday, November 10, not to launch any military action
against its nuclear sites, saying it would be met with "iron fists."
"Our enemies, particularly the Zionist regime (Israel), America and
its allies, should know that any kind of threat and attack or even
thinking about any (military) action will be firmly responded to,"
the state television quoted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as saying.
"The Revolutionary Guards and army and our nation ... will answer
attacks with strong slaps and iron fists," he said, Reuters reported.
Speculation about an imminent attack on Iran was fueled last week
when Israel test-launched a long-range missile near Tel Aviv and
by comments by some Israeli officials that Tehran's nuclear program
posed a "direct and heavy" threat.
Tension rose on Tuesday when the International Atomic Energy Agency
reported that Iran appeared to have worked on designing an atomic
bomb and may still be conducting secret research.
Iran denounced the U.N inspectors' report as "unbalanced" and
"politically motivated."
Israel on Wednesday called on the world to stop Iran from developing
nuclear weapons while Western powers called for heavier sanctions
against the Islamic Republic.
The United States and European allies say Iran is trying to build
bombs under cover of a civilian nuclear program. The major oil
producer denies this, saying it needs nuclear technology to improve
its electricity supply for a rapidly growing population.