Satanic US faces destruction - Iran
Pastor Dale Morgan
*Satanic US faces destruction - Iran*
From correspondents in Tehran
June 02, 2008 09:02pm
Article from: Reuters
ISRAEL will soon disappear off the map and the "satanic power" of the
United States faces destruction, Iran's President said today.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was speaking at a gathering of foreign
guests marking this week's 19th anniversary of the death of Iran's late
revolutionary leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in 1989, the official
IRNA news agency said.
"You should know that the criminal and terrorist Zionist regime which
has 60 years of plundering, aggression and crimes in its file has
reached the end of its work and will soon disappear off the geographical
scene,'' he said.
Turning to the United States, he said the era of decline and destruction
of its "satanic power'' had begun and added: "The bell on the countdown
of the destruction of the empire of power and wealth has begun to ring.''
Opposition to Israel is a fundamental principle in Shi'ite Muslim Iran,
which backs Palestinian militants opposed to peace with the Jewish state.
A 2005 statement by Ahmadinejad saying that Israel should be "wiped off
the map'' outraged the international community.
In April, a senior Iranian army commander said Iran will respond to any
military attack from Israel by "eliminating'' it, in comments condemned
by Washington.
The United States, which severed ties with Iran shortly after its 1979
Islamic revolution, is leading efforts to isolate Tehran over its
disputed nuclear program.
Some analysts have speculated that Israel might attack Iran to stop its
nuclear activities, which the West fears are a front for weapons
development. Iran, which does not recognise Israel, insists it wants
nuclear technology only for electricity.
Iran, the world's fourth-largest oil producer, says it has developed
ballistic missiles able to hit Israel and US bases in the region.
Washington says it wants a diplomatic resolution to the nuclear dispute
but has not ruled out military action if that fails. Tehran insists it
will not bow to Western pressure.