Thursday, June 05, 2003

U.S. Attack on Iran Would Be Suicide, Khamenei Says
"The American threats are not new. They have threatened us since the beginning of the Islamic revolution," ... "They know that militarily attacking Iran and the Iranian nation would mean suicide for the aggressor," ... "In their global propaganda they're attacking Iran and saying Iran is supporting terrorists. This is a shameless lie,"

'Khamenei said U.S. calls for greater democracy in Iran was "one of the world's biggest jokes." Unlike many other countries in the Islamic world, Iranian public officials are either directly or indirectly elected, he said. "(The Americans) deal with apostate dictatorships and governments who came to power through coups because they obey them but they criticize the Islamic Republic because it does not want to accept their dominance," he said.'

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