Iran warns UN it would ‘not hesitate’ to hit back

According to media reports, Iran’s UN ambassador Mohammad Khazaee said in a letter that his country would “not hesitate to act in self-defense to respond to any attack against the Iranian nation.” He said, Iran would take “appropriate defensive measures to protect itself.”

Iran’s letter was in response to France’s comments over Iran. President Nicolas Sarkozy had said that “Iran’s military, nuclear and ballistic ambitions constitute a growing threat that may lead to a preventive attack against Iranian sites that would provoke a major crisis that France wants to avoid at all costs.”

Khazaee accused Sarkozy of making “inflammatory remarks and baseless allegations. The Islamic Republic of Iran expresses its deep concern over, and strong condemnation of such a provocative, unwarranted and irresponsible statement against Iran.”