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Rafsanjani says Iran`s military capabilities defensive

IRNA

Sabzevar, Khorassan prov, Sept 18, IRNA -- Head of Expediency 
Council (EC) Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said here Thursday that 
Iran`s military strategy is defensive. 
"We are not a threat to any country in the world," Rafsanjani 
added. 
Speaking at the first congress commemorating the 1,600 martyrs of 
the sacred defense from Sabzevar, he added those who threaten Iran 
should know that conditions are different from the past and the 
Iranian nation is more than ever ready to defend the country. 
He further said Iran produces many of its military equipment 
domestically and "has manufactured missiles which have worried 
our enemies." 
He said that while Iran poses no threat to other countries, it is 
ready to defend itself against any threat. 
The US in order to deal a blow to Iran has embarked on its 
domestic agents and wide-spread media publicity to create disturbances
in the country, Rafsanjani added. 
Fortunately all of the disturbances were quashed by police and 
military forces and the protagonists were identified as naive 
individuals. 
"If the supreme leader had ordered the Basij (volunteer forces) 
to enter the scene, even those few hooligans would not have dared to 
come out." 
America`s aim is to besiege Iran in the region, Rafsanjani said 
adding "while now it is the US and its forces that are besieged." 
The US`s anti-Iran plans are mere illusions and ineffective, 
the EC head underlined. 
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