Imam Khamenei: No Country Can Afford to Launch a Military Attack on Iran

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution, His eminence Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei
said no country can afford to launch a military attack on Iran, in a meeting on Monday.

In a meeting with senior Iranian officials on Monday, Imam Khamenei said that "Israel's" military threats against Iran are constantly repeated, but the United States prevents Tel Aviv from launching a strike because it does not see it as affordable.

"The reason for the US' prevention [of an "Israeli" attack against Iran] is that [it] does not see the attack affordable and we also strongly emphasize that a military attack on the Islamic Republic is not affordable for anyone," Imam Khamenei said.

Imam Khamenei said that arrogant powers have no more options against Iran except for military threats and sanctions.

Likewise, he said since the two main tools of the enemy i.e. military threat and sanctions have proven ineffective, they have started the new strategy of leading Iranian officials toward miscalculation. He urged the officials to confront the sanctions with resistance economy and stressed that military threat won't happen because it is not in their favor.

"The enemy's hand is empty in both fields of sanctions and threats," he said.

He further stressed that the enemies have so far failed to confront Iran.

On the regional issues, Imam Khamenei pointed to the crisis in Iraq and said the faithful people of Iraq, with the help of the Almighty God, will thwart this plot and regional nations will develop materially and spiritually.
Furthermore, Imam Khamenei referred to the talks between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council on Iran's nuclear energy, stating that the uranium enrichment issue is one of the points of difference between the two sides.

Stressing that the other side is asking for too much so that Iran would be content with the least, Imam Khamenei said that their goal in the field of uranium enrichment is to persuade Iran to limit its enrichment capacity to 10 thousand Separative Work Units [SWUs].

He further rejected the idea of shutting down Fordo nuclear facility.

Regarding Fordo facility, they say as this facility is not accessible and cannot be targeted, therefore, it should be closed which is "laughable," Imam Khamenei stated.

Iran's right to nuclear research and development must be respected in the negotiations, he added.

Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council -- Russia, China, France, Britain, and the United States -- plus Germany have been discussing ways to sort out their differences and achieve a final deal that would end the decade-old dispute over Tehran's nuclear energy program.

The two sides inked an interim accord in the Swiss city of Geneva on November 23, 2013. Under the deal, the six countries agreed to provide Iran with some sanctions relief in exchange for Tehran agreeing to limit certain aspects of its nuclear activities during a six-month period.
The deal came into force in January and expires on July 20.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team