The supreme leader of Iran gave a blunt warning Friday that war would harm the U.S. - and that Iran is ready to help anyone who confronts "cancer" to help Israel.
"You see now and then in this way, they say that all options on the table. That means even the possibility of war," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said during Friday prayers in Tehran. "This is how they make threats against us.
"Well, these threats are harmful to the United States," he said. "War itself is 10 times more harmful to the U.S."
Khamenei rhetoric is not new. But the timing of his remarks may prove crucial for the nuclear talks around the corner.
Tensions between Iran and major powers will be contacted in the wake of an alarming nuclear watchdog Aruanded in november that said Tehran was likely to develop nuclear weapons.
The deadlock was more serious this week with renewed fears of an Israeli preemptive attack on Iran to take the suspected nuclear weapons program.
Khamenei said Iran would any nation or group that protects against supporting Israel.
"The Zionist regime is the real cancer of this region and it should be removed and will be removed," Khamenei told a cheering crowd.
He said that Iran does not interfere in other countries, but has helped the militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah clashes with Israel in Gaza and Lebanon.
His comments came after harsh comments Friday in the Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
"Today, unlike before, there is a broad global understanding, it is crucial to stop Iran nuclearized, and that no opportunity should be taken from the table," he said.
Barak said allowing Iran to continue on its path will be much more complex and dangerous in the blood and money than to cut it out now.
"Those who say in English," later "can be found later it is too late," he said.
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said he feared for Israel to attack Iran sometime this spring in an attempt to destroy suspected nuclear weapons program, said a senior official.
The official refused because of the sensitive nature of information identified.
U.S. and its allies have warned that Iran is trying to make a nuclear weapon. Iran insists that its nuclear program is for civilian energy purposes.
A new report from the nonpartisan Policy Center, said the U.S. needs more teeth in its threat to use military force against Iran.
The Washington think tank's report recommended that Washington should be visible, credible military preparations undertake to go along with more intense sanctions and diplomatic efforts.
The military activities of naval deployments, military exercises and positioning of supplies in the region.
To the nuclear clock to stop Iran, the report says that the United States "have to make it clear that Iran has a choice:. It may be nuclear program or to look through a negotiated settlement or destroyed military program, the U.S."
The report also said the U.S. should give credence to the Israeli military threat against Iran by selling Israel two to three KC-135 aerial refueling tankers and 200 GRU-31 bunker-buster munitions.
Former Senator Chuck Robb, who co-led task force that wrote the report, said the group is in favor of either war or a military attack at the moment but think that the U.S. will only be effective if it takes credible steps on Iran to let them know that it is serious.
Pentagon spokesman Captain John Kirby said Panetta "has made it clear that he is comfortable with the military capabilities we have and operate in the region."
But Kirby said, "the U.S. military must and will be ready for the presidential election would be desirable to offer these opportunities."
Western powers Khamenei, Iran's debt problems, starting with the brutal eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq fought Iran in the 1980s and continued with the last round of international criminal penalties.
"Until now we have to overcome these challenges and none of them succeeded (Iran) on the knees," Khamenei said. "
"You see now and then in this way, they say that all options on the table. That means even the possibility of war," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said during Friday prayers in Tehran. "This is how they make threats against us.
"Well, these threats are harmful to the United States," he said. "War itself is 10 times more harmful to the U.S."
Khamenei rhetoric is not new. But the timing of his remarks may prove crucial for the nuclear talks around the corner.
Tensions between Iran and major powers will be contacted in the wake of an alarming nuclear watchdog Aruanded in november that said Tehran was likely to develop nuclear weapons.
The deadlock was more serious this week with renewed fears of an Israeli preemptive attack on Iran to take the suspected nuclear weapons program.
Khamenei said Iran would any nation or group that protects against supporting Israel.
"The Zionist regime is the real cancer of this region and it should be removed and will be removed," Khamenei told a cheering crowd.
He said that Iran does not interfere in other countries, but has helped the militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah clashes with Israel in Gaza and Lebanon.
His comments came after harsh comments Friday in the Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
"Today, unlike before, there is a broad global understanding, it is crucial to stop Iran nuclearized, and that no opportunity should be taken from the table," he said.
Barak said allowing Iran to continue on its path will be much more complex and dangerous in the blood and money than to cut it out now.
"Those who say in English," later "can be found later it is too late," he said.
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said he feared for Israel to attack Iran sometime this spring in an attempt to destroy suspected nuclear weapons program, said a senior official.
The official refused because of the sensitive nature of information identified.
U.S. and its allies have warned that Iran is trying to make a nuclear weapon. Iran insists that its nuclear program is for civilian energy purposes.
A new report from the nonpartisan Policy Center, said the U.S. needs more teeth in its threat to use military force against Iran.
The Washington think tank's report recommended that Washington should be visible, credible military preparations undertake to go along with more intense sanctions and diplomatic efforts.
The military activities of naval deployments, military exercises and positioning of supplies in the region.
To the nuclear clock to stop Iran, the report says that the United States "have to make it clear that Iran has a choice:. It may be nuclear program or to look through a negotiated settlement or destroyed military program, the U.S."
The report also said the U.S. should give credence to the Israeli military threat against Iran by selling Israel two to three KC-135 aerial refueling tankers and 200 GRU-31 bunker-buster munitions.
Former Senator Chuck Robb, who co-led task force that wrote the report, said the group is in favor of either war or a military attack at the moment but think that the U.S. will only be effective if it takes credible steps on Iran to let them know that it is serious.
Pentagon spokesman Captain John Kirby said Panetta "has made it clear that he is comfortable with the military capabilities we have and operate in the region."
But Kirby said, "the U.S. military must and will be ready for the presidential election would be desirable to offer these opportunities."
Western powers Khamenei, Iran's debt problems, starting with the brutal eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq fought Iran in the 1980s and continued with the last round of international criminal penalties.
"Until now we have to overcome these challenges and none of them succeeded (Iran) on the knees," Khamenei said. "
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