Asefi terms Rumsfeld's anti-Iran remarks as lies
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, July 13, IRNA
Iran-US-Asefi
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi rejected recent remarks by US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld against Iran, saying such remarks are aimed at spreading lies to justify US defeat in the campaign against terrorism.
US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld told a press conference on Tuesday that Iran could have played a role in the suicide attack at a shopping mall in Israel which reportedly killed at least four and injured dozens of others.
He claimed Iran had sent forces and provided equipment to Beirut through Syria.
"We know that Iran has been on the terrorist list. We know that Iran has been assisting Hezbollah and other organizations and moving equipment and people down through Damascus into Beirut and down into positions where they can attack Israel for years and years and years and years," Rumsfeld said.
The attack in the Israeli city of Netanya, the first suicide bombing inside Israel in four and a half months, left at least three Israelis and the bomber dead as well as dozens injured.
According to Press and News Department of Iran's Foreign Ministry, Asefi said repetition of US miscalculated and unwise measures in the fight against terrorism along with Washington's nsistence in repeating its past mistakes only increase insecurity in the world.
The US officials see the world behind Israeli glasses and they would not be able to analyze international developments realistically.
The center of terror and terrorism should be sought within the Zionist regime and its brutal measures.
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