Iran accuses US of "psychological war"

[Eugene]

Iran accuses US of "psychological war"
Sun Apr 9, 2006 11:14 AM BST

By Parisa Hafezi

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran on Sunday brushed aside what it called a U.S. "psychological war"
against its nuclear programme after a published report described Pentagon planning for
possible military strikes against Iranian atomic facilities.

A report by influential investigative journalist Seymour Hersh in The New Yorker magazine,
citing unnamed current and former officials, said Washington has stepped up plans for possible
attacks on Iranian facilities to curb its atomic work.

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"This is a psychological war launched by Americans because they feel angry and desperate
regarding Iran's nuclear dossier," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told a weekly
news conference.

"We will stand by our right to nuclear technology. It is our red line. We are ready to deal
with any possible scenario. Iran is not afraid of threatening language," he added.

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Full article: http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-04-09T101417Z_01_L09689152_RTRUKOC_0_UK-NUCLEAR-IRAN-USA.xml

Related DU thread: US considers use of nuclear weapons against Iran

[Pavulon]

1. Pot Kettle calling...

flying stealth boats, allah torpedoes, and threatening to close the straights were just jokes...

[DemExpat]

2. Exactly my first thought at this headline....

DemEx