Ahead of the military manoeuvres Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused Washington of trying to dominate the world through its nuclear arsenal and vowed that Iran would not bend before his implicit atomic threats. Khamenei was referring to Obama’s announcement of a new nuclear strategy that focuses less on Cold War threats and more on preventing the spread of weapons. As part of the new guidelines, Washington vowed not to use its arsenal against nations that don’t have their own nuclear weapons, with the exception of countries that are not abiding by international non-proliferation rules. Khamenei’s rhetoric, depicting Washington as seeking to dominate Iran, appeared aimed at keeping up support at home as Iran tried to fend off a new US attempt to win a fourth round of United Nations sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program. The Obama administration is lobbying hard at the UN Security Council for tougher punishment of Iran over its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment, a process that can produce either a warhead or fuel for a nuclear reactor. The US and its allies accuse Iran of seeking to build a weapon, a claim Tehran denies.
‘IRAN WOULD NOT BEND BEFORE AMERICA’S IMPLICIT ATOMIC THREATS’
‘IRAN WOULD NOT BEND BEFORE AMERICA’S IMPLICIT ATOMIC THREATS’
