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Wed, 09/07/2011 - 07:34
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Iran will not tolerate any aggression against its interests: Iranian minister

TEHRAN, Sept.7(MNA) -- Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said that Iran will not tolerate any aggression against its national interests.

Vahidi made the remarks in an interview with reporters in Tehran on Tuesday in reference to the fact that Turkey has agreed to host an early warning radar as part of NATO’s missile defense system, which is ostensibly meant to counter an alleged ballistic missile threat from Iran.

Vahidi said, “We regard the presence of the Americans and the Westerners as troublesome, (and believe it) would undermine security in Muslim countries and harm their interests.”

The Western countries have the blood of many Iraqi, Afghan, and Palestinian people on their hands, Vahidi stated, adding, “We do not regard their presence in any country as beneficial to Muslim countries.”

Vahidi also commented on the remarks French President Nicolas Sarkozy made on August 31, in which he said that Iran’s alleged attempts to build long-range missiles and nuclear weapons could lead unnamed countries to launch a pre-emptive attack on the country.

Such statements are meant to divert attention from the atrocities that the West is committing in Libya and certain other parts of the world to issues which have no basis in fact, the Iranian defense minister said.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Vahidi stated that the Islamic Republic of Iran is making efforts to indigenize security in the region with the aim of helping efforts to maintain regional security without the presence of foreign forces.



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