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Pensioners Affairs Minister Rafi Eitan. (Daniel Bar-On)
Last update - 18:45 10/09/2008
Iran demands UN response to Israeli 'threats' to kidnap Ahmadinejad
By Reuters
Tags: UN, Israel, Rafi Eitan, Iran

Iran demanded on Tuesday a "resolute and clear response" from the United Nations to what it called dangerous threats against it by Israel, and said Tehran would not hesitate to respond to any attack.

A letter from Iran's UN Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described comments by two Israeli ministers as "vicious threats ... in blatant violation of the most fundamental principles of international law."

Israel believes Iran could have a nuclear bomb by 2010, a development it says would threaten its existence.
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Khazaee said remarks attributed to Pensioners Affairs Minister Rafi Eitan by German magazine Der Spiegel this week "yet again put on display the aggressive and terrorist nature of the Israeli regime."

Der Spiegel quoted Eitan as saying in an interview that while the era of Israel hunting down former Nazi officials abroad was over, "that's not to say that such operations are a thing of the past."

Asked to explain, he was quoted as saying, "It could very well be that a leader such as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suddenly finds himself before the International Criminal Court in The Hague."

Last week, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in an interview with Al Jazeera television that Israel was serious about using "any option" if diplomacy did not curb Iran's nuclear program.

"These dangerous threats of resorting to criminal acts ... require a resolute and clear response on the part of the United Nations, particularly the Security Council," Khazaee said.

"Iran ... in accordance with its inherent right under Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, would not hesitate to act in self-defense to respond to any attack against the Iranian nation and to take appropriate defensive measures to protect itself, its people and its officials."

The Security Council has passed three rounds of sanctions against Iran because of its refusal to stop uranium enrichment, which the West fears is aimed at making atomic bombs but Tehran says is solely for power generation.

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      1.   Another idiot in government 02:15  |  Nathaniel 10/09/08
      2.   Ancient civilisation I salute you ! Take these criminals to the 02:37  |  lakshmi 10/09/08
      3.   Seems a pretty reasonable request to me 03:47  |  Johnboy 10/09/08
      4.   #3 Johnboy 05:58  |  warren 10/09/08
      5.   that could be good if you... 06:19  |  keith 10/09/08
      6.   #3 - BTW sonny... 06:37  |  JES 10/09/08
      7.   #3 - So tell me Johnboy (2nd Try) 07:01  |  JES 10/09/08
      8.   Iran Demands UN response to Rafi Eitan 07:22  |  Joubin 10/09/08
      9.   #4 That`s a brilliant idea, warren 07:38  |  Johnboy 10/09/08
      10.   Iran Don`t Worry 07:48  |  Yosemite 10/09/08
      11.   #7 Oh, I see, JES..... 08:00  |  Johnboy 10/09/08
      12.   Are they serious? 08:16  |  Soldier of Above 10/09/08
      13.   #4, WARREN, pmsl 08:21  |  VIPER 10/09/08
      14.   Sure, if Iran is reprimanded for spreading holocaust denial 08:21  |  David G 10/09/08
      15.   #6 BTW sunshine.... 08:23  |  Johnboy 10/09/08
      16.   #10 - LOL 08:33  |  JES 10/09/08
      17.   #10 - And also... 08:43  |  JES 10/09/08
      18.   I think the ALL citizens of Israel should file a class action 08:52  |  BF 10/09/08
      19.   THEY can demand Eitan speaks for nobody.Ahmadinejads threats come 08:58  |  PETER SM 10/09/08
      20.   LAKSHMI the ancient civillisation was overrun by Islam 09:23  |  PETER SM 10/09/08
      21.   Iranians are so sensetive 09:57  |  zionist forever 10/09/08
      22.   Eitan`s Remarks. 10:05  |  David Nigel Braham 10/09/08
      23.   JONBOY can you see Eitan represents nobody but P.M. Ahmadinejad 10:07  |  PETER SM 10/09/08
      24.   VIPER the Iranians are fighting trial in Argentina. 10:13  |  PETER SM 10/09/08
      25.   Yes, and Ahmadinthehead is going to stay visible awaiting capture 10:40  |  Harvey 10/09/08
      26.   #23 No, I don`t see any difference at all, PETER SM 10:48  |  Johnboy 10/09/08
      27.   Iranians Can Earn Acceptance 11:05  |  Yosemite 10/09/08
      28.   mad in the head has suggested genocide 11:07  |  v.hardman 10/09/08
      29.   Ha-olam gadol... =the world is big... 11:20  |  Esther 10/09/08
      30.   Israeli people should also fight for peace 11:24  |  Like 10/09/08
      31.   Truth hurts 11:32  |  Septimus 10/09/08
      32.   Ahmadinejad is a terrorist 12:17  |  observer 10/09/08
      33.   Pensioners vs Ahmadinejad 13:11  |  ATLAS 10/09/08
      34.   Seems Israel can threaten bully and bomb their way through life 13:24  |  Paul Wood 10/09/08
      35.   #17 JES is up to his "As I recall" tricks. Again. 13:32  |  Johnboy 10/09/08
      36.   #16 Laughs from the JESter.... 2nd try 13:38  |  Johnboy 10/09/08
      37.   #23 There is no distinction, PETER SM - 2nd try 13:49  |  Johnboy 10/09/08
      38.   to #5 Keith Send your complain to your friend Nazibullah 13:56  |  maurice 10/09/08
      39.   #8 Joubin, Do you know persian language? 14:15  |  Persian Hero 10/09/08
      40.   JOHNBOY Minister for pensioners.Nothing to do with defence !! 14:24  |  PETER SM 10/09/08
      41.   JES insistently lost in translation 14:28  |  zmogus 10/09/08
      42.   The Middle East`s Evil Blind Twins 14:33  |  Douglas Bandmander 10/09/08
      43.   I don`t think that Ahmadinejad needs to worry 14:38  |  Natallie Durson 10/09/08
      44.   But when Israel threatens Iran.... 14:43  |  Gray 10/09/08
      45.   31 The blind observer ! 14:48  |  Sean 10/09/08
      46.   International law must be obeyed 14:59  |  Fakhshmi 10/09/08
      47.   don`t tell me 15:12  |  Meelitabel 10/09/08
      48.   Eitan did not specifically threaten the AhMAD 15:42  |  Hastaroth 10/09/08
      49.   #4 - ther is NO PROOF that Iran 15:43  |  spyguy 10/09/08
      50.   #41 - Really zmogus 15:45  |  JES 10/09/08
      51.   #36,#37 - Obviously lost on Johnboy... 15:51  |  JES 10/09/08
      52.   Senile babbling causes international flap 16:01  |  Mark Lincoln 10/09/08
      53.   Fakhshmi - "International law must be obeyed" 16:08  |  17 10/09/08
      54.   #40 He`s a damn govt minister, PETER SM 16:11  |  Johnboy 10/09/08
      55.   I understand now - A/d just does not like the 16:23  |  17 10/09/08
      56.   Iran ignores Security Council but has the chutzpah 16:24  |  Joe Frazier 10/09/08
      57.   The facts about Ahmadinajad 16:26  |  Abu Yusef 10/09/08
      58.   observer 32 16:36  |  ChanahS 10/09/08
      59.   Iran demands UN response to Israeli `threats` to kidnap Ahmadinej 16:39  |  ChanahS 10/09/08
      60.   Fakhshmi # 46 UNGAR 194 Was Not A Law 16:41  |  Jeff Northridge 10/09/08
      61.   No. 48 Mark Lincoln 16:43  |  Samuel Smith 10/09/08
      62.   Here we have the perfect example of hypocracy 16:44  |  Labhras 10/09/08
      63.   45 blind observer 16:48  |  Septimus 10/09/08
      64.   #61 Samuel Smith of Tadcaster God`s Own Country 16:56  |  Chris Linthwaite 10/09/08
      65.   #59 Channah S What threats 16:59  |  Labhras 10/09/08
      66.   it works both ways... 17:10  |  ravi 10/09/08
      67.   Cracks Beginning To Appear In Persia? 17:32  |  Jeff Northridge 10/09/08
      68.   Keith 17:34  |  Brad 10/09/08
      69.   "Haters, Haters, Haters".... 17:48  |  Gray 10/09/08
      70.   Iran just misses the point 17:52  |  ScotGuy 10/09/08
      71.   #50, JES. I hope this will close the case? 18:02  |  zmogus 10/09/08
      72.   Israel considers a nuclear pre-emption on Tehran 18:08  |  Slappy 10/09/08
      73.   Haaretz,com better close the boring Iran section... 18:12  |  Katja R. 10/09/08
      74.   Oh, Zmogus 18:21  |  17 10/09/08
      75.   Slap-Happy? 19:01  |  Mark Lincoln 10/09/08
      76.   zmogus `JES`s trouble` #71 19:13  |  Roo 10/09/08
      77.   #18 BS 19:21  |  EDBTZ 10/09/08
      78.   The new superweapon will be used against Amadinhejad! 19:43  |  Murray the Mongoose 10/09/08
      79.   Persian Hero 19:51  |  rich 10/09/08
      80.   Johnboy 19:53  |  rich 10/09/08
      81.   Asking for UN help shows Iran`s weakness 20:01  |  Voice of Reason 10/09/08
      82.   #74, 17, honestly, life is too short. 20:03  |  zmogus 10/09/08
      83.   Why does Israel say this stuff 20:12  |  Dave Duncan 10/09/08
      84.   #71 - Well Zmogus 20:21  |  JES 10/09/08
      85.   #168 - Here you go Gray (2nd Try) 20:23  |  JES 10/09/08
      86.   # 82 Zmogus - "life is too short", history is not 20:25  |  17 10/09/08
      87.   kidnaping ahmad 20:45  |  joseph 10/09/08
      88.   JES #168???? 20:54  |  Gray 10/09/08
      89.   Dave Duncan Re: Iran`s threats 21:06  |  Gray 10/09/08
      90.   Iranians gave hizballah green light to kidnap Isaeli soldiers 21:13  |  Nuke of Earl 10/09/08
      91.   #88 - Well Gray????? 21:14  |  JES 10/09/08
      92.   Don`t laugh! This proposal scares Mullah`s! 21:17  |  Yuri 10/09/08
      93.   #89 - Dare I say it again?? 21:20  |  JES 10/09/08
      94.   Gray the repetitive 21:37  |  Golani 10/09/08
      95.   Grey Haters 21:52  |  Golani 10/09/08
      96.   #86, 17, poor Ahmadinejad 22:02  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 10/09/08
      97.   Eitan - a Perfect Example of an Ugly Israeli - Is He an Arab? 22:40  |  massaraksh 10/09/08
      98.   Talk Softly, Carry a Big Stick 22:46  |  massaraksh 10/09/08
      99.   UN did not respond when Iran threatened World War 22:59  |  Realist 10/09/08
      100.   kindergarten - at its best 23:10  |  ruiz 10/09/08
      101.   Dear Joe (56),everybody knows that the Security Coucel never ever 23:13  |  Jew- and Bookburner 10/09/08
      102.   #46 Fakshmi.....I honestly think most people haven`t read 23:24  |  Lynn 10/09/08
      103.   he has few friends 23:32  |  alan 10/09/08
      104.   Perhaps then Iran can return the favor and rid of us Olmert? 23:49  |  bat yam 10/09/08
      105.   Perhaps Iran can return the favor and get rid of Olmert for us? 00:46  |  bat yam 11/09/08
      106.   #51 Where JES gets his "interpretations" from 01:01  |  Johnboy 11/09/08
      107.   The world, will applaud. Then what.? 01:03  |  Stephen 11/09/08
      108.   Re: "Seems a pretty reasonable request to me" by Johnboy 01:32  |  CunctatorGermanicus 11/09/08
      109.   Ahmadinejad and the Bah`ai 03:37  |  Seymour 11/09/08
      110.   JOHNBOY ???? Where did you get that "conversation" from?? 04:42  |  PETER SM 11/09/08
      111.   Recopmmendation 05:12  |  Jim 11/09/08
      112.   Recopmmendation 05:12  |  Jim 11/09/08
      113.   #110 Explaining the idea of ministerial responsibility. 05:57  |  Johnboy 11/09/08
      114.   To Seymour from SD - Part II 06:14  |  Persian Kitty 11/09/08
      115.   #108 CG gives us all a good laugh! 07:18  |  Johnboy 11/09/08
      116.   #107 - Johnboy still misses the point 07:51  |  JES 11/09/08
      117.   On Intentional Dual Meanings 08:00  |  JES 11/09/08
      118.   RAFI MUST BE BROUGHT TO INTERNATIONAL COURT 08:24  |  indrajaya 11/09/08
      119.   JOHNBOY The ministerial responsibility is for pensioners.Ahmad.is 08:33  |  PETER SM 11/09/08
      120.   #116 Explaining misrepresentation to an apologist.... Part 3 08:47  |  Johnboy 11/09/08
      121.   #116 Explaining Q&A to an apologist Part 2 08:58  |  Johnboy 11/09/08
      122.   Johnboy a compulsive lier syndrom? 09:03  |  ME 11/09/08
      123.   #113 - What`s a "normal democracy", Johnboy 09:03  |  JES 11/09/08
      124.   #38 Persian Hero 09:08  |  Joubin 11/09/08
      125.   How`s This Response Mahmoud? 10:16  |  Yosemite 11/09/08
      126.   #119 Pointing out again the flaws in PETER SM`s claim 10:53  |  Johnboy 11/09/08
      127.   #122 ME doesn`t think much of my links 11:31  |  Johnboy 11/09/08
      128.   PETER SM #119 Shh.everyone will think aussies are as dumb as you 12:38  |  Joey 11/09/08
      129.   No Intention 13:44  |  Neil Golan 11/09/08
      130.   #86, 17`s "inner necessity" to frame Ahmadinejad 14:02  |  zmogus 11/09/08
      131.   #84, Well, JES. 1 16:59  |  zmogus 11/09/08
      132.   #84. Well, JES. 2 18:09  |  zmogus 11/09/08
      133.   #84. Well, JES. 3 19:13  |  zmogus 11/09/08
      134.   Persian Kitty 3114 20:11  |  Seymour 11/09/08
      135.   #116 Explaining logic to an apologist Part 1 01:33  |  Johnboy 12/09/08
      136.   Johnboy 04:17  |  ME 12/09/08
      137.   Johnboy 07:05  |  ME 12/09/08
      138.   #135 I invite everyone to delve into the mind of ME 08:42  |  Johnboy 12/09/08
      139.   #137 - Well then, Johnboy, one simple question 10:36  |  JES 12/09/08
      140.   #139 Hmmmm, let`s see, JES... 04:09  |  Johnboy 13/09/08
      141.   #140 - Glad to answer, Johnboy 07:04  |  JES 13/09/08
      142.   Say, Johnboy, since you`re in such a good mood 07:58  |  JES 13/09/08
      143.   #141 I will point out, yet again, the hypocrisy... 16:55  |  Johnboy 13/09/08
      144.   #143 - Might I point out 18:41  |  JES 13/09/08
      145.   JES, might I interpret the absence of your response to 23:43  |  zmogus 13/09/08
      146.   #145 - The absence of response... 18:31  |  JES 14/09/08
      147.   #146, JES. I think I`ve given you enough tact and time... 13:23  |  zmogus 15/09/08
      148.   #146, JES. Show to your friends this too: 13:59  |  zmogus 15/09/08
      149.   #148 - You`re most welcome 15:47  |  JES 15/09/08
      150.   #147 - What on earth are you talking about????? 20:36  |  JES 15/09/08
      151.   JES,May I ? 02:49  |  ME 16/09/08
      152.   #150, JES.You obviously forgot to show it to your friends... 17:52  |  zmogus 16/09/08
      153.   #150, JES, further... 18:45  |  zmogus 16/09/08
      154.   Wow Zmogus! 14:09  |  JES 19/09/08
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