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Iran says US attack 'unlikely'

An attack on Iran by the United States is doubtful because of the 'disastrous situation' faced in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as domestic problems back home, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

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  • Published: 15:31 April 27, 2008
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Tehran: An attack on Iran by the United States is doubtful because of the “disastrous situation" faced in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as domestic problems back home, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said it is "unlikely" that US forces embroiled in Iraq and Afghanistan would be able to invade a new country, adding it would have unpleasant consequences for the region and the world.

Speaking at a weekly news conference, Al Hosseini said: "We think it would be unlikely the Americans would take the decision to get themselves into a new fiasco, the consequences of which they themselves have acknowledged would be painful for the region and the world."

"We hope those who think better in America view the realities more closely and manage to correct such approaches,'' he added.

Al Hosseini also ridiculed recent US accusations of Iran supplying arms to Iraqi militias.

The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates both accused Iran of stepping up its military support for Iraqi militias, adding that all military options to deal with the situation were on the table.

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