Attacking Iran will be worst mistake in U.S. history: former Cuban president

TEHRAN , April 3(MNA) -- In a recent article, former Cuban president Fidel Castro has written that it would be the worst mistake in the history of the United States if it attacks Iran whose nuclear program is peaceful. Following are excerpts of Castro’s article entitled “The Roads Leading to Disaster,” which was published in the official daily Granma on March 21: Iran has no nuclear weapons. It is being accused of producing enriched uranium that serves as fuel energy or components for medical uses. Whatever one can say, its possession or production is not equivalent to the production of nuclear weapons. Dozens of countries use enriched uranium as an energy source, but this cannot be used in the manufacture of a nuclear weapon without a prior complicated purification process. However, Israel, with the aid and cooperation of the United States, manufactured nuclear weaponry without informing or accounting to anybody, today not admitting their possession of these weapons, they have hundreds of them. To prevent the development of research in neighboring Arab countries, they attacked and destroyed reactors in Iraq and Syria. They have also declared their aim of attacking and destroying the production centers for nuclear fuel in Iran. International politics have been revolving around that crucial topic in that complex and dangerous part of the world, where most of the fuel that moves the world economy is produced and supplied. The selective elimination of Iran’s most eminent scientists by Israel and their NATO allies has become a practice that motivates hatred and feelings of revenge. The Israeli government has openly stated its objective to attack the plant manufacturing Iran’s enriched uranium, and the government of the United States has invested billions of dollars to manufacture a bomb for that purpose. As for me, I harbor not the slightest doubt that the United States is about to commit and lead the world towards the greatest mistake in its history.