Iran:
U.S. military action in Syria would spark 'disaster'
By Ben Brumfield and Joe Sterling, CNN
August 28, 2013 --
Updated 1634 GMT (0034 HKT)
"Starting this fire
will be like a spark in a large store of gunpowder, with unclear and
unspecified outcomes and consequences," Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei told Iranian Cabinet members in Tehran on Wednesday.
"The West handles the
Islamic world the way a monkey handles a grenade," Russian Deputy Prime
Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Twitter.
"The U.S. threats and
possible intervention in Syria is a disaster for the region and if such an act
is done, certainly, the Americans will sustain damage like when they interfered
in Iraq and Afghanistan."
President Hassan Rouhani, also
speaking to the Cabinet, said people in the Middle East and the world won't accept "a new
war" and deplored threats to use force.
"Any adventurism in the
region will pose irreparable dangers to the stability of the region and the
world and will merely lead to the spread of extremism and terrorism in the
region," Rouhani said.
He called on the U.N.
inspectors to carry out unbiased investigations to identify the culprits behind
the chemical weapons use in Syria, and said, "Each and every measure
should be taken with respect to the sensitive situation of the region, rapid
ending of the internal crisis, and prevention of extremism in the region and in
the framework of the international rules and regulations."
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad
Zarif likened a possible attack to a return to "the Middle Ages."
Zarif condemned any possible
military intervention in Syria on Wednesday, warning of "graver
conditions" should strikes be carried out.
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