Iran insists it can deter attacks
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Iran's defence minister says no country would dare launch an attack against it because of its deterrent capabilities.
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Iran has the military might to deter  attacks against it, Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani said, after  President Bush said he would not rule out military force  against Iran over its nuclear program.
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Iranian Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani said Saturday that Iran has achieved an &amp;quoteffective deterrent power&quot; to confront its enemies in the region, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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Two announcements Sunday appeared intended to enforce Iranâs refusal to back down in the face of stepped-up pressure from the United States.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that Israel "would not dare attack Iran", after Israel said it tested a missile and warned against Tehran's nuclear program.
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President Khatami offered guarantees that the Islamic government was not pursuing a nuclear weapons program. In a press conference on Saturday in Tehran, he said the US would not succeed in Iraq and Afghanistan without help from Iran.
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A senior Iranian military official said  Sunday Israel and the United States would not dare attack Iran  since it could strike back anywhere in Israel with its latest  missiles, news agencies reported.
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Any U.S. attack against Iran could involve thousands of sorties and missile launches lasting weeks, but it still would not eliminate the country's nuclear program, U.S. military officials and analysts say.
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TEHRAN -- Iran's president said yesterday that his nation would continue its nuclear program but provide guarantees not to build atomic weapons, and it warned Washington that it cannot stabilize neighboring Iraq and Afghanistan without Tehran's help.
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Iran on Saturday denied a report that it might launch a preemptive attack to prevent a possible raid on its nuclear sites by the United States or Israel, saying the report &quot;distorted&quot; its Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani.
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TEHRAN -- Iran's top authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said yesterday the Islamic Republic would target US interests around the world if it came under attack over its disputed nuclear program.
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Iran is determined to press ahead with its nuclear program even if it results in a halt of U.N. checks of the Islamic Republic's nuclear sites, President Mohammad Khatami said on Tuesday.
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Iran said yesterday it was still committed to suspending its sensitive uranium enrichment activities as of today and that alarm over its nuclear activities was merely &quot;propaganda&quot;.
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30 August 2004 -- Iran&#39;s security chief, Hasan Rowhani, has assured visiting Iraqi officials that his country is committed to cooperating on establishing security in Iraq.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday vowed to push ahead with Iran's nuclear program, saying the West is trying to stop it to prevent Iran from emerging as a world power.
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TEHRAN: Iran staged its annual show of military might on Tuesday, with President Mohammad Khatami vowing the Islamic Republic will push on with its controversial nuclear program even if it risks international isolation.
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Former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was quoted as saying Iran has the capability of launching such a missile and remains determined to further improve its military capabilities.