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Iran will target US interests worldwide if attacked - Khameini aide
Iran will target US interests if around the world if it is attacked, an aide to Iran's Supreme Leader was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
- Agencies
- Published: 12:25 July 8, 2008
- Image Credit: AP
- Ayotallah Khameini is Iran's Supreme Leader.
Tehran: Iran will target US interests if around the world if it is attacked, an aide to Iran's Supreme Leader was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
"The first bullet fired by America at Iran will be followed by Iran burning down its vital interests around the globe," the students news agency ISNA quoted Ali Shirazi as saying in a speech to Revolutionary Guards.
"The Zionist regime is pressuring White House officials to attack Iran. If they commit such a stupidity, Tel Aviv and US shipping in the Persian Gulf will be Iran's first targets and they will be burned," Shirazi was quoted as saying.
Shirazi represents Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini to the Revolutionary Guards.
"The Iranian nation will never accept bullying. The Iranian nation is a nation of believers which believes in jihad and martyrdom. No army in the world can confront it," he added.
Israel's Foreign Ministry declined to comment on Shirazi's remarks.
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