Iran warns US

[Moin91]

Iran warns US​

Wednesday, September 05, 2007
TEHRAN: Iran on Tuesday issued a stark warning to the United States over the danger of launching a military attack, saying Washington could never foresee the size of its response against US troops in the region.

“The US will face three problems if it attacks Iran. Firstly it does not know the volume of our response,” said General Rahim Yahya Safavi, the new special military advisor to supreme leader Ali Khamenei.

“Also it can not evaluate the vulnerability of its 200,000 troops in the region since we have accurately identified all of their camps,” added Safavi, who stepped down last week as head of the elite Revolutionary Guards.

Safavi also warned over how Iran’s reaction to a US attack could affect Israel — Tehran’s regional arch foe — and also crude oil supply from the world fourth largest producer. “Secondly, it does not know what will happen to Israel and thirdly, the United States does not know what will happen to the oil flow,” he was quoted by the ISNA news agency as saying. Washington has never ruled out taking military action against Tehran, and its tone has sharpened again over the past week with President George W Bush warning that Iran’s atomic programme could lead to a “nuclear holocaust.”

Iran has always insisted it would never launch any attack against a foreign country but has also warned of a crushing response to any aggression against its soil. Tehran has an array of medium range missiles and claims that its longer-range Shahab-3 missile has a reach of 2,000-km which would put Israel and US bases on the Arabian Peninsula within reach.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has dismissed the chance of any US attack against Iran but influential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has warned of the dangers still posed by the United States.

Iran’s refusal to rule out using oil as a weapon has frequently rattled oil markets, which fear that any squeeze in supplies from OPEC’s number two producer could cause a huge jump in prices.

There have also been fears that Iran could block the Strait of Hormuz, a vital channel for the transport of oil. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown reiterated on Tuesday that London will support a new UN resolution against Iran if Tehran does not curb its nuclear programme.

Speaking two days after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran had achieved a key target in its atomic drive, Brown said there was evidence that international pressure was working. “It is still my belief that the process we have started...which could of course lead to a third UN resolution...is the right process,” he told his monthly press conference in London.

“There is evidence that it has been working in the flow of information to the energy authorities. We will continue to work for that process to be major means by which we prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons.”

And he added: “We should focus on how the process can continue to move forward, but if necessary we will support a third UN resolution on this matter.” The United States accuses Tehran of seeking to acquire nuclear weapons — an allegation vehemently denied by the Islamic republic — and has never ruled out taking military action against it.

 

[haviZsultan]

I think America went mad after September 11. Why are they bullying the Iranians????? My friends from Iran are going back to Iran because they feel that US is threatening their country.

America is like an angry dog thats been bonked on the head. Barking at everyone it sees.... Whats the problem with these guys? I have always wondered... has Goerge Bush been drugged? Is that why his condition is so pitiful and he keeps having these hallucinations which cause him to pick muslim countries at random and attack them?

 

[mustang]

WORLD DOMINATION MAN .... AMERICAN IS HEADING FOR DOOMMMMM...

 

[A.Rahman]

AMERICAN IS HEADING FOR DOOMMMMM...

how? I just made $100 on NYSE.

 

[PakSniper]

how? I just made $100 on NYSE.

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