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Germany: Iran threat to Israel is a threat to West
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Iran's denial of Israel's right to exist is unacceptable and Tehran must be prevented from obtaining a nuclear weapon, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a speech before the U.S. Congress on Tuesday.

"Whoever threatens Israel also threatens us," she told Congress in an address to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which took place on November 9, 1989.

A nuclear armed Iran would pose a threat to international security, Merkel said, adding that there is limited patience in the ongoing talks with Iran to come clean about its nuclear activities.
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"Iran needs to be aware of this, Iran knows our offer, but Iran also knows where we draw the line," Merkel said.

She also said trivializing the Holocaust and rejecting Israel's right to exist by Iran's leaders was "not acceptable."

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said earlier Tuesday the Islamic state would not be deceived into reconciliation with its arch foe and the United States was a "really arrogant power", state radio reported.

"The American government is a really arrogant power and the Iranian nation will not be deceived with its apparent reconciliatory behavior until America abandons its arrogant attitude," Khamenei was quoted as saying by state radio.

U.S. President Barack Obama has said he is ready to deal directly with Iran, something his predecessor largely rejected.

Khamenei has frequently accused the United States of trying to overthrow the clerical establishment.

Washington cut diplomatic ties with Tehran shortly after Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution when radical students seized the American embassy in Tehran and took 52 Americans hostage for 444 days.

Iran will mark the 30th anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy on Wednesday.

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