Iran Threatens U.S. With Suicide Attacks
Speaking in the Iranian Parliament, former Iranian nuclear negotiator Ari Larijani warned the United States that its attacks against Muslim countries in the region cannot go unanswered. Larijani spoke in reaction to the American attack on a target in Syria, which is a key ally of Iran.
Larijani said that Iran’s response would not be diplomatic but violent.
“The US method and conduct, expressed by this aggression, will only be stopped by a clear-cut and unexpected response, whose grounds were set by the martyr Hussein Fahmida,” Larijani said last Wednesday.
Hussein Fahmida was a 13-year old boy who wore an explosive device when he approached an Iraqi tank which was invading his country. Once arrived at the tank, Fahmida detonated the device, thereby destroying the tank and killing himself.
“America should be aware not to put its huge body on top of the suicide bombers’ explosive devices,” Larijani said.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei (who isn’t truly an Ayatollah, but that as an aside) said that his country would never reach out to the United States because the Iranian people hate Americans too much.
If Larijani’s words are a sign of things to come, we can expect Iran to become even more defiant after the November 4 elections, and especially if Barack Obama wins, who Tehran believes is a foreign policy dove.
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