'Iran opposition will unite with government should Israel attack'
Former president Mohammad Khatami, a harsh critic of Ahmadinejad, says all Iran factions will unite if faced with Israeli military strike.
By DPA Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Iran nuclearIran's opposition would unite with the government in case of an Israeli attack on its nuclear sites, former president Mohammad Khatami said on his website Monday.
"If there should one day be any military interference in Iran, then all factions, regardless of reformists or non-reformists, would get united and confront the attack," said the cleric, who is a harsh critic of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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The base in Parchin where Iran conducted nuclear tests |
| Photo by: Google Earth, GeoEye |
Khatami was referring to threats by Israel to attack Iran's nuclear sites after an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report accused Iran of using its nuclear technology to make warheads.
"There is a bad idea behind these claims and a scenario for increasing pressure on Iran," Khatami said.
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Former Iranian President and Presidential candidate Mohammad Khatami in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009. |
| Photo by: AP |
University students also said they plan to form a human chain around the Isfahan uranium conversion plant in central Iran, Fars news agency reported Monday.
The demonstration scheduled for Tuesday is intended as a symbolic gesture by the student organizations to show that Iranians are ready to sacrifice their lives if sites are attacked by Israel, it said.
Tehran dismissed the IAEA report as politically motivated and accused the UN nuclear watchdog of having become a political tool of the United States and Israel, both arch-foes of Iran.
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if as reported israel has 200 nukes, these will be dispersed for obvious reasons, a missile barrage from iran, targeting all major military sites has a very good chance of hitting something
by idf.
The Iranian people - those who are against the regime - will never unite with the current government would Israel or US attack Iran. An attack by the US - a poll has showed - is supported by the majority of the Iranian people so what Khatami is saying is nonsense.
, israel have you no shame threatening Iran and killing iranians?!
In the photo shown, there is a speck next to left-most of the middle row of buildings in the center. That spec is what the IAEA report suggests might be a containment tank for implosion research.
This is a illustrative of why they do.
Birds of the same feather flock together. Really? They are not going to run helter skelter when the fireworks begin? We'll soon see.
It is important that Iran remains very strong in the face of constant threats and interference by the neo colonialists of our world. Khatami's words are good news. No Libyan or Syrian scenario for Iran.