Iran military warns US against any attack
Tehran,
Mar
26:
A
senior
Iranian
military
official
warned
the
United
States
against
launching
any
attack
on
the
Islamic
Republic,
a
news
agency
reported
today,
two
days
after
the
United
Nations
imposed
new
sanctions
on
Iran.
''If
America
starts
a
war
against
Iran,
it
won't
be
the
one
who
finishes
it,''
Morteza
Saffari,
naval
forces
commander
of
the
elite
Revolutionary
Guards,
was
quoted
as
saying
by
the
ISNA
news
agency.
''Our
people
will
not
even
allow
one
American
soldier
to
enter
our
country,''
Saffari
said.
International
tension
over
Iran's
disputed
nuclear
programme
has
risen
in
recent
days,
sending
oil
and
gold
prices
higher.
The
West
suspects
Iran
is
seeking
to
make
atom
bombs,
a
charge
Tehran
denies.
Iran
said
yesterday
it
would
limit
cooperation
with
the
UN's
nuclear
watchdog
and
vowed
not
to
halt
its
atomic
programme
''even
for
one
second''
after
the
Security
Council
voted
to
impose
new
arms
and
financial
sanctions
on
Tehran.
On
Friday,
Iran's
Revolutionary
Guards
seized
15
British
navy
personnel
in
the
Gulf,
sparking
a
diplomatic
crisis.
The
United
States,
which
is
leading
efforts
to
isolate
Iran
over
its
nuclear
ambitions,
has
said
it
prefers
a
diplomatic
solution
to
the
crisis
but
has
not
ruled
out
military
options.
''We
have
the
spirit
of
resistance
and
this
is
a
factor
to
stop
(them),''
Saffari
said.
''Our
nation's
unity
and
martyrdom-seeking
spirit
with
God's
help
is
always
a
guarantee
for
the
Islamic
Iran's
resistance.''
Reuters
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