Iran warns West’s nuclear decision-makers

Iran Focus: a pro-MEK website

A senior Iranian cleric warned the West’s nuclear decision-makers on Friday not to attempt to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear capabilities.

“The decision-makers must be careful not to create hardship for themselves and the region”, Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, former President and current chairman of the Supreme National Security Council, told worshippers during his Friday prayers sermon in Tehran, the state-run news agency ISNA reported.

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He called for unity among the various factions of the ruling theocracy. “At this juncture when the enemies have their eyes set on our country, we must protect the status of the country through this unity”.

Rafsanjani said that Iran’s enemies were seeking to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear capabilities through “illegitimate methods” such as “infiltrating” the United Nations.