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Iran minister says Israel in no position to attack
Iran's foreign minister said on Sunday he did not believe Israel was in a position to attack Iran over its nuclear programme.
- Agencies
- Published: 13:27 June 29, 2008
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- Israel is still recovering from its 2006 war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, says Manoucher Mottaki.
Tehran: Iran's foreign minister said on Sunday he did not believe Israel was in a position to attack Iran over its nuclear programme.
"They know full well what the consequences of such an act would be," Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki told reporters.
Speculation about a possible attack on Iran over its controversial nuclear programme has risen since report that Israel had practiced such a strike.
Mottaki said Israel was still recovering from its 2006 war with Hezbollah in Lebanon and was also suffering a "crisis of deepening illegitimacy" in the Middle East region.
"That's why we do not see the Zionist regime in a situation in which they would want to engage in such an adventurism," he said when asked about the possibility of an Israeli attack.
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