Posted on 08/28/2007 2:13:17 PM PDT by knighthawk
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that from Tehran's point of view Iran's nuclear case is closed. "I announce officially that from our point of view Iran's nuclear case has been closed," said President Ahmadinejad in a press conference.
President Ahmadinejad said that all those, who used their influence in the world decision making centers to force the Iranian nation to retreat, have now realized their mistake. "Those thinking that by diplomatic and discriminatory gestures and by abusing their power in the world decision making bodies, they could force the Iranian nation to withdraw from its position, have today come to the conclusion that their path has been wrong," announced the Iranian leader.
He added, "Of course, they made a lot of mistake. They did not recognize the Iranian nation and did not know how to face a nation with an ancient history, rich culture and faith, strong bonds and unprecedented national and religious solidarity."
He went on to say, "They did not know that they are facing a brave, wise and courageous nation. Since their ideology was materialistic and since they relied on a financial power, their evaluation and comparison was based on a number of missiles, planes, tanks and bank accounts.
"They do not however know that culture of a nation, faith of a nation, and the ideology and solidarity of a nation form an invincible force."
He said that peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear activities has become evident to all. "It has now become clear that the activities of the Iranian nation are peaceful and in line with the IAEA regulations and that the Iranian nation has always had close cooperation with the Agency.
He also brushed aside the probability that any decision would be made in the US to attack Iran, saying even if they adopt such a decision, they are not able to execute it.
Ahmadinejad made the remark in response to a question by an American reporter.
The president described as wrong the analysis of the reporter of The Los Angles Times which said the war-mongering section of the US administration is increasingly getting ready to attack Iran. "From my point of view," said the president, "your analysis is wrong and that in Iran the people who you are talking about almost do not exist and if there are they are so few that are like a drop in the sea of the Iranian nation."
According to him, any action against the Iranian nation will be given proper response. "I consider it unlikely if the US takes any such illogical and illegal action because the measure would turn into a joke worldwide. I have not heard any such claim raised officially by the US administration," said Ahmadinejad.
The president pointed to rift in the US administration concerning Iran's case and said, "We think there is a rift in the US: Some wish to solve problem logically and some others, whose arms manufacturing plants have gone bankrupt, want to escalate tension worldwide. The second group wants to foil efforts of the first one." On Iran's relations with the neighboring states, President Ahmadinejad said Tehran's ties with the Persian Gulf littoral states are friendly.
"Today, our volume of commercial transactions with the UAE is more than 11 billion dollars. Our relationship with officials of the country is cordial and friendly. Moreover, we have good relations with Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain."
He went on to say that Iraqi occupiers do not favor unity among regional nations and want to pit them against one another so as to continue their presence in Iraq. "Fortunately, the course of events is in favor of unity and fraternity among Iraqi people."
About claims that Iran interferes in Iraq affairs, Ahmadinejad said, "That's also among their mistakes. Whenever they face difficulty, they start to hold others accountable rather than trying to identify and compensate for their mistake."
He said the Iranian nation has a geographical proximity and close relations with Iraq and insecurity in the country would be against the Iranians too. "Iran will suffer the most in case of insecurity in Iraq because it shares longest borders with the country. Many Iraqis are of Iranian origin and many Iranians are of Iraqi origin. Anybody from any group who gets hurt in Iraq will make the Iranian nation unhappy.
Iran has no need for such interferences. The government, parliament, president and prime minister of Iraq all love Iran. Today formation of government in Iraq is in favor of all and Iran."
He said that occupiers have come to Iraq under the pretext of insecurity while they are the source of insecurity there. "They shipped arms and put them at the disposal of different groups and took provocative acts and hatched plots. Charging Iran is not a solution to their problems. We do not insist on taking them out of the quagmire. We have already said we are ready to help them get out the swamp but now that they emphasize to remain in it, so let it be so."
Ping
Oh! Whew! The case is closed! Thank goodness, I was worried for a minute.
The case is closed? Where is the cloud? I thought there would be a cloud.......
Number one on GWB list should be to take out their only refinery. Then nuke them.
When will we swat this gnat?
Gnat?.....Gob fly........
This is satire, right? Right??
< /wishful thinking >
How kind of him! I have no doubt that the theocrats in Tehran have Americans' best interests at heart.
I am trying very hard to suppress a smirk...
Why even bother to take out the Abadan refinery if the plan is to nuke them.
Oh really? A republican in the senate and a democrat in the house just introduced measures to declare Iran's republican guard a terrorist organization, laying the legal groundwork for an attack on Iran with bipartisan support in US congress.
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown surprised the world when he recently came out in support of Pres. Bush and the war. Likewise did French PM Sarkozy.
Sarkozy just floated the idea of airstrikes against Iran yesterday.
France, England, Isreal and the US are planning airstrikes against Iran, the targets have been approved and the ball is in Aquavelvajad's court.
Iran is shelling Kurds in Iraq, providing weapons to insurgents, and killing US troops. We should present them with that evidence. Give them 2 options:
1. Cease all actions in Iraq and hand over all nuclear programs to international control
or
2. Get bombed.
I think one of the hostages from 1979 should be allowed to press the button that launches the first cruise missile.
Wow, I’m relieved but now we have another issue that needs tending to, the Iranians inside Iraq.
“Nuclear case is closed, US can’t attack Iran”
Wouldn’t that look great on his headstone?
Wait! He didnt say “Simon says”! So, its not official.
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