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Iran denies it may deliver preventive strike on aggressors

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Beirut, Aug 22, Itar-Tass/ACSNA/IRNA -- Iranian Defense Minister Ali 
Shamkhani has denied mass media reports saying his country might 
deliver a preventive strike on potential aggressors, Foreign Ministry 
spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi. 
Asefi quoted Shamkhani as saying, "Tehran will never allow anyone 
to invade Iran. If anyone is trying to attack us, we`ll resist and 
defend the interests of our country." 
According to Asefi, Shamkhani stressed that Iran is ready to 
defend its territorial integrity and its national interests. 
On Friday, certain mass media, including American and Israeli 
ones, quoted the Iranian minister as saying, "Whether anyone threaten 
Iran`s nuclear reactor in Bushehr, we can deliver a preventive 
strike." 
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