Iran hits out at Clinton's dictatorship comment
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February 17, 2010, Wednesday
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IRAN'S foreign minister hit back yesterday against United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's warning that the Islamic republic is becoming a military dictatorship.
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki retorted that it is the US that has become a military dictatorship, pointing to its wars in Vietnam through Iraq and Afghanistan. He criticized her Mideast tour, saying it was "overflowing with contradictions and incorrect actions."
"Those who have been the very symbol of military dictatorship over the past decades, since the Vietnam War until now, see everyone else in the same way," Mottaki said at a press conference with his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu.
Clinton's comments a day earlier reflected Washington's increasingly pessimistic outlook for persuading Iran to negotiate limits on its nuclear program, which the US believes is aimed at producing a bomb.
Clinton warned that the elite Revolutionary Guard's growing influence in Iran was pushing the country into a military dictatorship.
Mottaki repeated Iran's stance that its nuclear program is peaceful and "absolutely legitimate." He said Clinton's remarks were based on "inappropriate interpretations."
Mottaki also denied a report on Monday on a semi-official Iranian news agency that the US, Russia and France had sent a new plan to Iran about fuel for its nuclear research reactor.
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki retorted that it is the US that has become a military dictatorship, pointing to its wars in Vietnam through Iraq and Afghanistan. He criticized her Mideast tour, saying it was "overflowing with contradictions and incorrect actions."
"Those who have been the very symbol of military dictatorship over the past decades, since the Vietnam War until now, see everyone else in the same way," Mottaki said at a press conference with his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu.
Clinton's comments a day earlier reflected Washington's increasingly pessimistic outlook for persuading Iran to negotiate limits on its nuclear program, which the US believes is aimed at producing a bomb.
Clinton warned that the elite Revolutionary Guard's growing influence in Iran was pushing the country into a military dictatorship.
Mottaki repeated Iran's stance that its nuclear program is peaceful and "absolutely legitimate." He said Clinton's remarks were based on "inappropriate interpretations."
Mottaki also denied a report on Monday on a semi-official Iranian news agency that the US, Russia and France had sent a new plan to Iran about fuel for its nuclear research reactor.
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