Iran: We would win nuke war
Jerusalem News Wire HEADLINE NEWS
By Ryan Jones
December 16th, 2005
Supreme Iranian ruler Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani said last Friday that the Muslim world would win a nuclear exchange with Israel, aggravating fears Tehran’s quest for atomic weapons indeed has one purpose: the annihilation of what it calls the Zionist âcancer.â? â[The] application of an atomic bomb would not leave anything in Israel – but the same thing would just produce damages in the Muslim world,â? Hashemi-Rafsanjani was quoted as saying by the government-controlled Iran Press Service. The spiritual leader, who wields ultimate power in Iran, made the comments during a prayer service in Tehran. It was the first time an Islamic leader of such prominence openly suggested a nuclear attack against the Jewish state, media analysts told the IPS.
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