Iran FM insists Israel ‘run by crazies’

By ICEJ News

08 Feb 2010

Iranian Foreign Minister Manchour Mottaki on Monday said that Israel was now weaker than ever before, adding that it was a "crazy country run by crazy people." Mottaki told the Al-Jazeera news agency that Israel was in no position to embark on another military conflict, due to its internal political crisis and its losses over recent years in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. "Israel is a crazy nation run by crazy people," Mottaki declares. "Therefore, we must prepare for the chance that Israel will do something crazy against everyone in the region – the Syrians, the Lebanese and the Palestinians." When asked what would happen should Israel attack Iran, Mottaki replied: "Iran's position is known by everyone. We can defend ourselves." The Iranian foreign minister added that the Islamic Republic would "stand by our Arab brothers" should Israel attack any of its neighbors. Mottaki's remarks came a day after Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said that Israel was on the brink of obliteration. “Israel is going downhill toward decline and fall and Allah willing its obliteration is certain,” Khamenei told the leader of the Palestinian terror militia Islamic Jihad.

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