Tuesday, March 20, 2012
‘Iran will attack to defend itself’: Ayatollah Khamenei
A picture released by the office of Iran''s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him seated in front of a portrait of his predecessor the late founder of the Islamic republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, as he addresses the nation on the occasion of Noruz, the Iranian New Year.
In the face of aggression from the United States or Israel, Iran will attack to defend itself, Iran's most powerful figure, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said today.
"We do not have nuclear weapons and we will not build them but in the face of aggression from the enemies, whether from America or the Zionist regime, to defend ourselves we will attack on the same level as the enemies attack us," said Khamenei in a New Year speech broadcast live on television.
"Americans are making a grave mistake if they think by making threats they will destroy the Iranian nation," he said in the address in Mashhad.
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