Posted on 05/01/2005 7:05:42 PM PDT by F14 Pilot
The spiritual leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is warning the U.S. to stay out of his country's business – and, in particular, its nuclear program, which is set to resume this week.
Speaking on a tour of southeast Iran, Khamenei called the U.S. "arrogant," "rude" and said the country "deserved a punch in the mouth."
He also said Iran's presidential elections in June would not make any difference to its nuclear policy.
Khamenei said it was not up to the U.S. to decide which countries needed nuclear technology.
Iran announced yesterday it is likely to resume uranium enrichment-related activities next week, following a breakdown in negotiations between the Shiite regime and the European Union.
Tehran's announcement after talks in London with European negotiators yielded no results. France, Britain and Germany, acting on behalf of the 25-nation European Union, were seeking guarantees from Iran that it will not use its nuclear program to make weapons.
Top Iranian nuclear negotiator Hasan Rowhani was quoted as saying Tehran expects to restart enrichment activities injecting uranium gas into centrifuges at its uranium-conversion facility in Isfahan.
"It's unlikely that uranium enrichment ... which takes place in Natanz, will be resumed, but it's likely that some activities at Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facility will restart next week," Rowhani said today.
The central cities of Natanz and Isfahan house the heart of Iran's nuclear program. The Isfahan conversion facility reprocesses uranium ore concentrate into gas, which is then taken to Natanz and fed into the centrifuges for enrichment.
Washington agreed to support the EU effort but signaled that Iran, which Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice last month labeled an "outpost of tyranny," should quickly accept it or face harsh Security Council sanctions.
The breakdown in talks between Iran and Europe puts Tehran's nuclear program back in the international spotlight and is likely to force Washington to react.
There is increasing concern within the administration and Congress over Iran's missile program, which has been determined by a commission of U.S. scientists to pose a serious threat to U.S. security.
F up Iran now.
WATCH IT...
FREE IRAN NOW
Time for a major weapons shipment to Iran's rebels......
If only he would carry thru with his threats... Then we would not need a UN resolution to take them out.
This idiot needs a Kick in the balls... lol
Ya know, if you substituted the name of just about any liberal for "Ali Khameni" in the article above and changed nothing else, the story would still ring true.
You and what army of God is gonna give to us?
The last time they punched us in the mouth we took out Afghanistan and Iraq. The next time, it might hit a little closer to home.
Khamenei, here's your sign!
Is there anyone -- Arab, Persian, European, American, left, right, anyone at all who dosen't understand that he is talking abour nuclear weapons -- the bomb? So why does the "civilized" world keep pussyfooting around with him and his "Dear" friend in North Korea? I am almost as tired of the "nice talk" surrounding Islam's fury and hatred as I am of hearing about how North Korea didn't have a bomb on Clinton's watch.
We're definitely on the path of MASSIVE AIR STRIKES.
They are begging for it. I don't see how it can possibly be avoided.
lol.
9/11 was supposed to be a punch in the mouth.
Why do the evil doers of the world assume one punch will take out the USA?
Good question. I do not understand it myself. The mullahs of Iran and kim dumb ill of North Korea making nukes and threatening to use them and no one even seems to give a sh!t and all we see is this stupid talk and no action. What will it take to defeat these monsters? a crater where a U.S. or Israeli city used to be?
That is an international declaration of war.
LOL!!! That is hilarious!
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