In comments directed at the United States, Iran's supreme leader warned Monday that his country can harm the interests of any invader, state-run Tehran television reported.
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"The United States says that we have endangered their interests," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told a crowd of thousands on a visit to the city of Hamedan in western Iran. "If anyone invades our nation, we will jeopardize their interests around the world," Khamenei warned.
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The United States has accused Iran of aiding an anti-U.S. insurgency in Iraq, but there has been no explicit threat of an invasion or attack against Tehran. Washington also has warned that Iran is hiding a secret nuclear weapons program, an accusation denied by Tehran. Last month, U.S. President George W. Bush criticized Iran's Islamic autocracy, saying hard-line rulers must be defeated for trying to hold back the democratic will of a rising generation. |