Iran 'does not fear attack by US'
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Iran's President Ahmadinejad warns the US any attack on his country will be "severely punished".
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a U.S. television interview on Sunday that Iran did not need nuclear weapons and his country was not heading for war with the United States.
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TEHRAN (MNA) -- Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said here Tuesday that he was confident that experience has taught the United States not to dare to attack Iran.
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An alleged threat to blow up US ships   may not have come from Iranian speedboats, US navy sources say.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said a U.S. attack on Iran "is simply not on the agenda," despite the United States' continued criticism of Iran's human rights record and potential nuclear weapons.
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LONDON - Iran has again escaped censure over its nuclear program, prompting the United States to warn it may take unilateral action against the Islamic regime at the UN Security Council, and in the form of sanctions.
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Iran said on Wednesday it would use "all our means" to defend itself if attacked by the West, three days after France's foreign minister publicly raised the possibility of war over Tehran's disputed nuclear activities.
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The United States does not intend to strike Iran to force it to stop supplying Shi'ite groups with weapons technology to kill U.S. troops in Iraq, a senior U.S. official said.
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Iran's top nuclear negotiator dismisses threats of force against it, as the UN prepares to make a crucial report.
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his country is not heading for armed conflict with the US.
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Iran has the military might to deter  attacks against it, its defense minister said in remarks  published on Tuesday, one day after President Bush said he  would not rule out military action against Iran.
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Iran has not diverted declared nuclear materials for weapons but concern remains, the UN watchdog says.
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Iran would not object to Washington joining negotiations with the European Union over its nuclear program provided the United States treated Tehran with respect, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said Tuesday.
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Iranian president appears unworried about the prospect of a US or Israeli air strike on his country.
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HERAT, Afghanistan  - The United States is in no position to attack Iran because it is bogged down in the conflict in Iraq, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday.
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Iran would respond if the United States were to label the Islamic state's Revolutionary Guards a "terrorist" force, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday.
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In the showdown between Iran and the United States, both sides are bluffing. But that doesn't make it any less dangerous.