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| All options on the table if Iran threatened: UN envoy |
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 TEHRAN – The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations has said that the Islamic Republic has no decision to block the Strait of Hormuz unless Iran is threatened seriously. “There is no decision to block and close the Strait of Hormuz unless Iran is threatened seriously and somebody wants to tighten the noose,” Ambassador Mohammad Khazaii said on the U.S. television network PBS’ Charlie Rose show on January 19, AFP reported. Iran would not try to block the Strait of Hormuz unless a foreign power seeks to “tighten the noose,” he stated. “All the options are or would be on the table.” “We believe that the Strait of Hormuz should be the strait of peace and stability,” the Iranian ambassador said “But if foreign powers want to create trouble in the Persian Gulf, of course it would be the right of Iran as well as the rest of the countries in the region to try to defend themselves.” Elsewhere in the interview, Khazaii commented on the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program, saying that the growing tension must end through “peace, dialogue, and stability.” In the interview, the ambassador also accused the Zionist regime of involvement in the assassinations of Iran’s nuclear scientists. He also said that he does not think Israel would try to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities. “There are enough wise politicians around the world to advise them in case if they want to do that not to do it.”
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| Last Updated on 20 January 2012 20:40 |