As Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi
visits Iran for first time since 1979, Tehran's spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei makes scathing speech against West
"Iran's motto is nuclear
energy for all, nuclear weapons for none," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
declared Thursday, in a speech welcoming Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi to Tehran. Morsi's visit was the first by an Egyptian
leader to Iran in over three decades.
Iran's state TV in a live broadcast showed Morsi being received with full
red-carpet honors by Tehran's vice president in charge of executive affairs
Hamid Baghaei in the capital's Mehrabad airport on Thursday.
The world, Khamenei said "Is in transition towards a new international order and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) can and should play a new role."
The summit (Photos: AFP)
He further underlined the need for solidarity among all NAM member-states, saying it was an "obvious necessity" in the current era for establishing this new order.
Khamenei stressed that Iran "will never pursue nuclear weapons but… will not give up right to nuclear energy," which he called the "given right of every country."
Iran, he said, "regards the use of chemical weapons as an unforgivable sin, but it will not forego its right to use peaceful nuclear energy."
The Ayatollah then accused the "Zionist regime's henchmen" of committing "any and all crimes" adding that it is aided by the West.
NAM nations, he said, believe that the world should not be run "according to the western dictatorship of a handful of countries… This mechanism is unreasonable, unfair and undemocratic.
"The United States and its allies talk about human rights when in fact they are talking about western interest… torture and assassinations are ignored if they are carried out by the United States or the Zionists," he stated.
Khamenei further blamed the "Zionists" for "waging various wars, massacre and state-sponsored terrorism in the last decades."
He blamed the western world for "supporting and defending the Zionist regime of Israel against the oppressed Palestinian nation.
"Iran's called for solution to the Palestinian issue, calling for a "comprehensive referendum to be attended by all the indigenous residents of Palestine, including those refugees who have been away from their motherland for decades to determine the country's fate."
The Iranian leader urged the White House leaders to revise their Middle East policy and "show courage and opt for the referendum solution" and stop what he called the US' "astronomical spending" on Israel.
Ban at the summit
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who is attending the summit, did not protest in any way when Khamenei referred to Israeli leaders as "bloodthirsty wolves."
"We must not fear the West," Khamenei concluded.
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The world, Khamenei said "Is in transition towards a new international order and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) can and should play a new role."
The summit (Photos: AFP)
He further underlined the need for solidarity among all NAM member-states, saying it was an "obvious necessity" in the current era for establishing this new order.
Khamenei stressed that Iran "will never pursue nuclear weapons but… will not give up right to nuclear energy," which he called the "given right of every country."
Iran, he said, "regards the use of chemical weapons as an unforgivable sin, but it will not forego its right to use peaceful nuclear energy."
The Ayatollah then accused the "Zionist regime's henchmen" of committing "any and all crimes" adding that it is aided by the West.
NAM nations, he said, believe that the world should not be run "according to the western dictatorship of a handful of countries… This mechanism is unreasonable, unfair and undemocratic.
"The United States and its allies talk about human rights when in fact they are talking about western interest… torture and assassinations are ignored if they are carried out by the United States or the Zionists," he stated.
Khamenei further blamed the "Zionists" for "waging various wars, massacre and state-sponsored terrorism in the last decades."
He blamed the western world for "supporting and defending the Zionist regime of Israel against the oppressed Palestinian nation.
"Iran's called for solution to the Palestinian issue, calling for a "comprehensive referendum to be attended by all the indigenous residents of Palestine, including those refugees who have been away from their motherland for decades to determine the country's fate."
The Iranian leader urged the White House leaders to revise their Middle East policy and "show courage and opt for the referendum solution" and stop what he called the US' "astronomical spending" on Israel.
Ban at the summit
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who is attending the summit, did not protest in any way when Khamenei referred to Israeli leaders as "bloodthirsty wolves."
"We must not fear the West," Khamenei concluded.
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