Iran accuses Israel, US of gearing up for military strike

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Iran accused Israel and US of seeking world support for a military strike on its nuclear facilities.

08 November,2011 07:05 am

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned against a military attack on Iran and again insisted Tehran’s atomic program was for peaceful purposes only.“Iran’s capabilities are increasing and it is progressing, and for that reason it has been able to compete in the world. Now Israel and the West, particularly America, fear Iran’s capabilities and role,” Ahmadinejad said. “Therefore they are trying to gather international support for a military operation to stop (Iran’s) role. The arrogant should know that Iran will not allow them to take any action against it,” he said.Ahmadinejad added Washington wanted to “save the Zionist entity, but it will not be able to do so.” “This entity (Israel) can be compared to a kidney transplanted in a body that rejected it,” he said. “Yes it will collapse and its end will be near.”Ahmadinejad’s diatribe against Israel, Iran’s arch-foe, comes after Israeli President Shimon Peres warned on television Saturday that an attack on Iran was becoming “more and more likely.”He followed this up in comments published Sunday by the Israel Hayom daily, saying: “The possibility of a military attack against Iran is now closer to being applied than the application of a diplomatic option.“We must stay calm and resist pressure so that we can consider every alternative,” Peres said. In response, Russia warned against a military strike on Iran.“It would be a very serious mistake fraught with unpredictable consequences,” said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. “Military intervention only leads to a multiple rise in casualties and human suffering,” said Lavrov.“There can be no military solution to the Iranian nuclear problem, just like there can be none for any other problem in the modern world.”