Tehran – Ahmadinejad: ‘U.S. Fears Iran’s Capability.’

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    Tehran – The United States fears Iran’s growing military power because it is now able to compete with Israel and the West, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in comments carried by an Egyptian newspaper on Monday.

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    Responding to a toughening stance from the United States and Israel against Tehran, Ahmadinejad accused Washington of inventing conspiracies to discredit Iran and sowing discord with its near neighbor Saudi Arabia.

    “Yes, we have military capabilities that are different from any other country in the region,” Egyptian daily al-Akhbar cited Ahmadinejad as saying. “Iran is increasing in capability and advancement and therefore we are able to compete with Israel and the West and especially the United States.”

    “The U.S. fears Iran’s capability,” he told the paper. “Iran will not permit (anyone from making) a move against it.”

    Iran’s Islamic rulers, who say Israel has no right to exist, deny accusations that they are seeking nuclear weapons and have warned they will respond to any attacks by striking at Israel and U.S. interests in the Gulf.

    A senior U.S. military official said on Friday Iran had become the biggest threat to the United States and Israel’s president said the military option to stop the Islamic republic from obtaining nuclear weapons was nearer.

    Ahmadinejad repeated that Iran does not own a nuclear bomb, but said Israel’s end was inevitable.

    The U.N. nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, is expected this week to issue its most detailed report yet on research in Iran seen as geared to developing atomic bombs.

    “It is Israel that has about 300 nuclear warheads. Iran is only keen to have nuclear capability for peaceful means,” he said, accusing Washington of lumping Iran with Syria, the Islamist Hamas movement that rules Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

    The U.S. portrays those four as “the Axis of Evil to save the Zionist entity (Israel). But the Zionists are bound to go out of existence,” he said.

    Responding to a U.S. claim that Iran was involved in a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington, Ahmadinejad said: “Iran is farthest from thinking of carrying out such crimes but the U.S. is always inventing conspiracies against Iran.”

    “The U.S. fears any friendship between us and Saudi Arabia and therefore incites disagreements,” he said. “To stop the U.S. in its tracks we must deepen the elements of friendship… We are ready for this and the relation between Saudi and Iran already exists and has not been cut off.”


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    DRE53
    DRE53
    12 years ago

    I’m so frightened reading about what iran wants and is capable of doing ch”v. What bothers me even more is the way israel handles this as if it’s a joke.
    When push comes to shove israel is unable to take on chamas or hizbollah leave alone a military such as syria and iran. Yet israel talks as if the world is still as in ’67 where the arabs were behind.

    Member
    12 years ago

    I am sure that America views Iran the same way a community views a mentally ill person who is off his meds and is armed. That might not be a good situation.

    12 years ago

    America fears Iran? They are as equipped and as capable of defense and offense as any western nation including Israel? They spend $9 billion on their military. America spends hundreds of billions. Very strange.

    DRE53
    DRE53
    12 years ago

    I’m so frightened reading about what iran wants and is capable of doing ch”v. What bothers me even more is the way israel handles this as if it’s a joke.
    When push comes to shove israel is unable to take on chamas or hizbollah leave alone a military such as syria and iran. Yet israel talks as if the world is still as in ’67 where the arabs were behind.

    DRE53
    DRE53
    12 years ago

    Why can’t israel just stop threatining Iran. Iran has not been involved in any attack against israel for the longest time. Why should israel want to attack them?

    RebKlemson
    RebKlemson
    12 years ago

    this is a nuclear superpower, I think we can handle those parsis easily with their stupid revolutionary guard

    5TResident
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    5TResident
    12 years ago

    Keep in mind, everyone, that Ahmadinijad has no real power. He is just a mouthpiece for the real culprits in Iran – the mullahs. He is a lightning rod designed to attract all of the outrage and criticism while the mullahs operate behind the scenes. Ahmadinijad himself is just a tool of the mullahs.