Iran says wise Americans will bar any attack

January 24, 2007

Iran says "wise" Americans will bar any attack

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday he did not expect a U.S. attack on Iran because there were plenty of "wise people" in the United States who would not let it happen. if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object(); window.yzq_d['YaXwGtGDJHI-']='&U=139c6mgcl%2fN%3dYaXwGtGDJHI-%2fC%3d533666.8810410.9788597.1442997%2fD%3dLREC%2fB%3d3865101';

Iran and the United States are at loggerheads over Tehran's nuclear program, which Washington says is a cover for making bombs, and over Iraq, where U.S. officials say Iran is fuelling sectarian violence. Tehran denies both charges.

Washington says it wants to solve the nuclear standoff by diplomacy but has not ruled out strikes if that fails.

"They are not in a position to carry out that measure although they may like to ... because there are many wise people in America who will not let this happen," the president said in an interview on Iranian television.

The United States has sent a second aircraft carrier to the Gulf, a move analysts interpreted as a warning to Iran. U.S. officials say the step was taken to increase operational flexibility and to provide deterrence in the region.

Ahmadinejad, who has said an attack is a U.S. "dream," said President George W. Bush wanted to cause trouble to help solve his own difficulties.

"Mr Bush is interested in making a rumpus in order to save himself, but the conditions do not let him," he said.

Some Iranian politicians have voiced concerns that the United States might contemplate an attack because it feels it can only resolve its problems in Iraq, which is on the verge of civil war, by targeting the Islamic Republic.

http://news./s/nm/20070123/ts_nm/iran_usa_dc

President: US incapable of inflicting serious damage on Iran

Tehran, Jan. 24, IRNA

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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Tuesday that the United States was "absolutely incapable of inflicting serious damage on the Islamic Republic of Iran.They (America) would like to hurt (our country) but they are not in a position to do so," the president said confidently in a live TV interview Tuesday night.

The President however admitted that the US administration was exerting pressures on Iran. "Yes, there are pressures but this is a mistake," he said.

"I think Mr. Bush has committed numerous blunders. They are making mistakes one after the other in Iraq."

Asked if a military strike by the US against Iran could be one such mistake, the chief executive replied: No. They are not in a position to make such a decision. I think, there are wise people in America who would not let this happen. They are incapable. The pressure is more psychological."

http://www.irna.com/en/news/view/line-24/0701248702005716.htm

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