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In Friday Sermons Ayatollah Khatami Threatens That If Attacked By The U.S. or Israel, Iran Will “Slap Them So Hard They Will Not Get Off the Floor”
In his Friday sermon at Tehran University, Tehran provisional Friday Prayers leader Ahmad Khatami threatened the U.S. and Israel if they attack Iran. According to the Iranian Fars News Agency, Khatami said, “If maniacs in Washington or Tel Aviv seek to take action, the Iranian nation will slap them so hard they will not get off the floor.”
Fars also reports that Khatami condemned Israel for “celebrating the massacre of innocent people” in the Gaza Strip. Khatami went on to state, “Israel should know that these pressures will pave the way for another Intifada which will turn the Israelis’ day into night.”
Khatami dismissed claims that Iran is a sponsor of terrorism. According to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, Khatami stated, “Over [the] last week we have been witnessing the vain and worn-out allegations of the West, led by the American officials, that Iran supports terrorism; we announce here, ‘How can Iran, which has itself been a victim of terrorism, accept such an allegation.”
Sources: english.farsnews.com, May 2, 2008; iribnews.ir, May 2, 2008
Posted at: 2008-05-02
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