Iran's Guard defiant over sanctions
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June 15, 2010, Tuesday
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IRAN'S most powerful military force, the Revolutionary Guard, yesterday said it was not worried by the latest UN sanctions that seek to undercut its reach and stall the country's nuclear program.
The defiant remarks by senior Guard commander General Hossein Salami were the group's first reaction since the Security Council last week imposed the toughest sanctions yet in response to Tehran's refusal to halt uranium enrichment.
The Guard has a direct hand in Iran's nuclear research as well as nearly every critical economic and defense project, including missile technology and Iran's vital oil industry.
The new UN sanctions seek to disrupt the Guard's money flow and areas of influence. They call for an asset freeze on 40 additional companies and organizations - 15 linked to the Guard, 22 involved in nuclear or ballistic missile activities.
The United States and other nations fear that Iran will continue to upgrade its uranium enrichment program until it can produce a nuclear weapon. Iran says it only seeks energy and research reactors and has the right to enrich uranium under international accords.
Salami said Iran has shaped its defense capabilities "on the basis of the worst case scenarios" and that sanctions won't stop Iran's program.
"The level, format, volume and severity of sanctions is not worrying for us," the IRNA news agency quoted him as saying.
The defiant remarks by senior Guard commander General Hossein Salami were the group's first reaction since the Security Council last week imposed the toughest sanctions yet in response to Tehran's refusal to halt uranium enrichment.
The Guard has a direct hand in Iran's nuclear research as well as nearly every critical economic and defense project, including missile technology and Iran's vital oil industry.
The new UN sanctions seek to disrupt the Guard's money flow and areas of influence. They call for an asset freeze on 40 additional companies and organizations - 15 linked to the Guard, 22 involved in nuclear or ballistic missile activities.
The United States and other nations fear that Iran will continue to upgrade its uranium enrichment program until it can produce a nuclear weapon. Iran says it only seeks energy and research reactors and has the right to enrich uranium under international accords.
Salami said Iran has shaped its defense capabilities "on the basis of the worst case scenarios" and that sanctions won't stop Iran's program.
"The level, format, volume and severity of sanctions is not worrying for us," the IRNA news agency quoted him as saying.
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