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June 11, 2008
Bush's
Era is Over: Ahmadinejad
Tehran
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wednesday said in a speech
that US President George W. Bush's era was over and he could no
longer harm Iran.
"Your era is over, and thank God you will no longer be able to even
harm one centimetre of Iranian land," Ahmadinejad said in a speech
in Shahre-Kord, western Iran.
Bush said in Tuesday's European Union (EU)-US summit in Brdo,
Slovenia, that the world should get tougher with Iran if the Islamic
republic refused to suspend uranium enrichment, and he expressed
understanding for talk in Israel about possible military action.
"If someone just dared to harm even a small corner of Iran, then the
youth of this nation would cut (off) their hands, wipe the smile off
their faces and make them regret their action," Ahmadinejad said in
the speech carried by Khabar news network.
In a joint statement issued at the EU-US summit, both sides agreed
to consider additional sanctions against Iranian banks so they
"cannot abuse the international banking system to support
proliferation and terrorism".
Ahmadinejad once again reiterated that Western threats and sanctions
would not intimidate Iran and that the county would decisively
continue its nuclear programmes.
"No power can stop Iran's progress, and the Iranian nation will
eventually defuse all relevant conspiracies," the Iranian president
said.
Although trying to act impartial in the forthcoming US presidential
election, Iran is in favour of Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama with whom Tehran hopes to have at least a critical
dialogue and end almost three decades of diplomatic estrangement.
One of Obama's main plus points is his second name Hussein which is
also the name of the third Shia imam who is highly regarded in Shia
Iran.
Parliamentary Speaker Ali Larijani reacted to Bush's remarks and
said charges without documentation to prove them were baseless.
"We should not listen to worthless remarks by political hedgehogs.
Any charges against Iran's nuclear programmes are baseless unless
they have documents to prove them," Larijani told Fars news agency
Wednesday, implying Bush looked more dangerous than he was.
DPA
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June 11, 2008
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