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Iranian Presidet Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who, in his own words, would like to "wipe Israel off the map."
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| By israelinsider staff April 26, 2007 |
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Iran's Deputy Interior Minister, Muhammad Baqer Zolqadr, said Thursday that Iran would attack Israeli and the American targets around the world if Teheran were attacked, Israel Radio reported.
According to the Iranian news agency, the Deputy Interior Minister said that, "Nowhere would be safe for America with (Iran's) long-range missiles ... We can fire tens of thousands of missiles every day."
He added, "With long-range missiles Iran can also threaten Israel as America's ally."
Iran claims that its Shahab-3 missile have a range of 1,250 miles and are capable of hitting Israel and American bases in the Gulf.
The European Union and the United States fear that Iran is in the process of creating an atomic bomb with its nuclear program, but Tehran has said that the program is aimed only at generating electricity. The US prefers a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear crisis, but does not rule out a military option if diplomacy fails.
Ali Larijani, Iran's top nuclear negotiator reported Thursday that meetings with EU Foreign Police Chief Javier Solana had been productive and brought the sides closer to "a united view" of how to move forward in the face of Iran's refusal to comply with a UN Security Council demanding that Iran halt uranium enrichment, The Jerusalem Post reported.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told a group of UJA Federation of New York members on Wednesday night that he was "hopeful" that the Iranian nuclear crisis could be resolved diplomatically and without military intervention.
He added that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threat to, in his words "wipe Israel off the map," is not "something that can be tolerated." |
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