AYATOLLAH KASHANI CALLS ON INT’L BODIES NOT TO GIVE IN TO US, ZIONISTS DEMANDS

Fars News Agency, Iran
May 19 2006

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Tehran’s interim Friday prayers leader,
Ayatollah Emami Kashani, called on the International organizations
not to lose their reputation by giving in to the illegitimate demands
of the US and the Zionist regime.

Addressing worshippers in Tehran University campus on Friday, Ayatollah
Kashani condemned the terrorist attack in Iran’s southern city of Bam,
in which 12 defenseless citizens were martyred, adding, “The US, the
Zionist regime and their mercenaries can not do anything whatsoever,
even by causing insecurity along Iranian borders.”

He also stressed that the enemies of Islam attempt at sowing the seed
of sedition between Shiites and Sunnis by causing insecurity along
Iran’s borders.

Tehran’s interim Friday prayer leader pointed that Iran is a country
that even Christians and Armenians have MPs at the Parliament, saying,
“The ignorant enemies have not understood the common culture between
the Shiites and the Sunnites in the path towards maintaining Islam
and the Holy Quran, and that all Iranians are united in defending
their soil against enemies, no matter what religion they have.”

Ayatollah Kashani reiterated that Iran’s peaceful nuclear program
does not seek military purposes, adding, “Once again we announce that
Tehran is ready to defend its nuclear achievements and would by no
means forgo even an iota of its legitimate rights to gain access to
peaceful nuclear technology.”

Ayatollah Kashani stressed that all of Iran’s nuclear activities
follow peaceful purposes and have been under the supervision of IAEA
inspectors. He concluded, “International organizations should not
lose their reputation by giving in to the illegitimate demands of
the US and the Zionist regime.”