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Iranian president cautions world 'not to play with lion's tail'

Ahmadinejad warns Security Council not to enforce more sanctions on Iran

The Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has warned the Security Council "not to play with the Iranian lion's tail" by enforcing further sanctions on the country.

 

"The Security Council must stop acting illegally. Iran is a lion on the prowl, and we tell the Security Council: 'Don't play with the lion's tail,'" Ahmadinejad said at a press conference marking 18 years since the death of Ayatollah Khomeini, the instigator of the Islamic revolution in Iran. He added that it was too late to stop the Iranian nuclear program.

 

The US, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany are working on drafting additional sanctions against Iran after it violated, for the third time, demands to stop enriching Uranium. This is one of the most pressing issues on the agenda of the G-8 summit starting on Wednesday in Germany.

 

Regarding the possibility of an American attack on his country, Ahmadinejad said: "We are not saying that some of the American leaders do not want to hurt us; we are saying that they cannot, because they have been trying to hurt us for 28 years and have still not succeeded, and Iran is getting stronger every day."

 

He added: "When we look at the situation in the region we can see that the US cannot seriously damage Iran. Do they have a way out of the Iraqi crisis? Are they capable of entering a new conflict?"

 

The president referred to his latest threat on Israel and explained: "We have warned the region's enemies to not even consider repeating last year's crimes." He continued to caution the western countries: "If the enemies do not accept this good advice, the infrastructure for resistance has been established and they will no longer succeed in forcing their plans contrary to the Middle Eastern nations."

 

He also referred to the Lebanese clashes between the army and Fatah al-Islam and said that Iran condemned such friction: "we believe that any internal clash is detrimental to Lebanon."

 


פרסום ראשון: 06.05.07, 14:20
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