Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, a senior Iranian cleric, warned against any
military attack against the country, saying such an act would only
entail “eternal regret” for the aggressor.
“The Iranian nation
will give you a lesson which will cause you eternal regret,” said
Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, whose comments came during
a sermon during the weekly Friday Prayers in Tehran.
The Iranian cleric
made a reference to the US "aggressive" approaches to different
countries and said, “The US must stop its interference in Yemen, Bahrain, Syria
and Iraq.”
Ayatollah Khatami
also pointed to the importance of defending the Iranian nation’s dignity in the
nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 countries and called on
Iranian negotiators to refrain from talks under threats.
“Based on the Geneva
Conventions, negotiations in an atmosphere of threat are null and void,”
the senior Iranian cleric pointed out.
Ayatollah Khatami’s
remarks come at a time when representatives of Iran and the P5+1 countries are
working to draft a final nuclear deal based on a mutual
understanding reached with the six-party group – the US, France,
Britain, Russia, China and Germany – in Switzerland last month.
As a comprehensive
nuclear deal is being prepared by Iran and the P5+1, US Secretary of State John
Kerry recently said a military option is still on the table over the issue.
