Khamenei warns US against attacking Iran
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei today said that if the United States attacked Iran, US interests around the world would be harmed “double-fold”, state-run Tehran television reported.
“The Americans should know that if they invade Iran, their interests around the world would be harmed. Iran will respond double-fold to any attack,” Khamenei was quoted as saying.
Speaking to workers on the occasion of the International Labourers Day, Khamenei said US officials had been using threatening language for the past 27 years, but the Iranian nation and officials would not care about the threats.
“The Iranian nation and its officials are peace-seekers and the Islamic republic would not invade anybody,” Khamenei said.
Iran is locked in a dispute with the United States and its allies over its controversial nuclear programme and is facing a UN deadline on Friday to suspend uranium enrichment or risk sanctions.
Also today, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran’s “enemies” would not be able to use the Security Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency to punish Iran.
“The enemies could not impose their wrong decision against us under cover of the Security Council and the IAEA. The illegitimate and right-nullifying decision could not get legitimacy under cover of council and the agency,” he said.
