TEHRAN -- Iranians on Friday announced that the claim by U.S. President George W. Bush that Iran will have no better friend than the U.S. is rejected by the Iranian nation.

A six-point resolution, issued at the end of the nationwide anti- U.S. rallies, said Iranians will not come into terms with the U.S. even for a single moment as the late Imam Khomeini said.

The second point of the resolution called the "warmonger" U.S. as factor of instability and tension in the world and the U.S. rulers as the biggest supporters of global terrorism, the illegitimate regime of Israel in particular. It voiced support for Intifada and noble Qods.

The resolution advised the U.S. to stop its interventionist policies and apologize the great Iranian nation.

It told the White House rulers to know there is no difference in Islamic Iran regarding resistance against the U.S. The fourth point said Iranian nation persists on continuation of independence, freedom and Islamic Republic and favors democracy and reforms within framework of the Constitution and around the axis of ****velayat-e faqih**** (guardianship of supreme jurisprudence).

It renewed allegiance with lofty doctrines of the father of the Islamic Revolution and founder of the Islamic Republic the late Imam Khomeini as well as lofty aspirations of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, voicing firm support for the officials and state institutions, the three branches of government and all those serving religion and masses.

The anti-U.S. ralliers in their resolution also called on officials to strongly close their ranks and remain standard-bearer of the national unity. The resolution called on the officials of the state to strive for serving the public and remove problems facing the country, especially unemployment, poverty, corruption and discrimination.

The fifth point called on the political factions, the media and the press to refuse any stance that would run contradictory to values respected by society at large because national solidarity is something the Iranian nation persistently calls on all political parties and factions.

The sixth and final point of the resolution voiced full combat readiness of Iran to stand possible aggressions by the enemy, suppress the intruders as they did during the eight-year Iraqi imposed war (1980-88)and show their deterrence power.

Meanwhile, substitute leader of the Tehran Friday prayers Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani lashed out at the United States for pursuing bullying tactics and colonialist morals.

Addressing thousands of worshipers gathered at the Tehran University campus for the weekly congregational prayers, Rafsanjani said that the United States should know that Iran is an independent and freedom-loving nation and would not bow to pressure from the big powers.

Commenting on the massive anti-U.S. rally in Tehran and other cities of the country, Rafsanjani said the Iranian people have responded strongly to Washington's bullying tactics by their massive participation in the anti-American march.

The Iranian people are well aware that for preventing U.S. oppression they have to come to the scene every time that is needed, he noted.

He said people in some 800 cities or villages have taken part today in the anti-U.S. rallies to protest against the U.S. policies against Iran.

The United States wants Iran to become a U.S. stooge but Iranians reacted strongly to any threat by the United States. He said Iran would continue to stand fast against the United States.

The United States should know that Iran now is an independent country and decides on its fate itself.

He called as "double-standard policy" the attitudes taken by U.S. President George W. Bush on Iran.

He said based on the viewpoints of many analysts Bush repented lumping Iran in an axis of evil along with Iraq and North Korea.

U.S. President George W. Bush had in his State of the Union address termed Iran, Iraq and North Korea as "axis of evil" and accused them of attempting to develop weapons of mass-destruction.

Rafsanjani said some other experts believe that the anti-Iran statements issued by the White House is the outline of a new strategy adopted by the United States officials toward the region and Iran.

The U.S. officials claim that Iran is seeking the weapons of mass-destruction and this is while Iran has no plan to develop weapons of Mass-destruction, said Rafsanjani.

By contrast, we see that other states neighboring Iran have developed nuclear weapons and the United States has not reacted or protested to them, the major cleric stated.

He advised the American authorities to drop their bullying tactics in today's world.

Referring to parts of the U.S. statement on Iran, Rafsanjani said in Iran all those working in top posts are in a way or other elected by the people and this is made according to the Constitution.

In a written statement issued as a flagrant interference in Iran's domestic affairs, U.S. President George W. Bush said a few days ago, "their government (Iranian government) should listen to their hopes," adding "As we have witnessed over the past few days, the people of Iran want the same freedoms, human rights and opportunities as people around the world.

"In the last two Iranian presidential elections and in nearly a dozen parliamentary and local elections, the vast majority of the Iranian people voted for political and economic reform. Yet their voices are not being listened to by the unelected people who are the real rulers of Iran," Bush said.

Rafsanjani said the United States has to consider the mass participation of the people in today's march and said the small number of demonstrators who staged protest in front of Tehran University on 9 July are not representative of all the Iranian nation with whom Bush has expressed solidarity.

He said Bush calls Iran to stop supporting the Palestinian nation and added that other states have to resist the U.S. bullying tactics as Iranians have stood fast against the United States during the 1979 Islamic Revolution and expelled the Americans from Iran.

He praised the Iranian people who have participated in the anti-American march today.

The U.S. authorities anti-Iran statements have made more alert the Iranian people and made them understand better the black propaganda against Iran's Islamic system, he noted.

He went on to say that U.S. presidential statement has contributed tremendously to the unity and solidarity among the Iranian people.

He took a sharp swipe at the U.S. administration for interference in Iran's internal affairs and said U.S. tactics and policies against Iran have always been bound to fail.

The United States has blocked the Iranian assets in the U.S. banks, the money that should have been spent on Iran's national development program, creating job and providing welfare for the nation.

Reacting to Bush's remarks, President Mohammad Khatami on Sunday castigated President George W. Bush's interventionist statement about Iran in which he expressed solidarity with a small number of demonstrators staging protest in Iran previously.

President Khatami said that the Iranian nation and government will not give in to foreign threats and will strongly proceed with its principles of independence, progress, morality and freedom.

Talking on the sidelines of the protest rally, the member of the Expediency Council Ali-Akbar Velayati said Bush's recent statement against Iran had been in fact an open intervention in Iran's affairs.

Velayati, ex-foreign minister of Iran, told IRNA on the sidelines of the nationwide anti-U.S. rallies that Bush's claims represent either his or his advisors' false calculations.

He said that Iranian nation have found out that all the slogans preached by international organizations, especially the countries that claim to support democracy and human rights, are not but a mere claim.

He added that despite their differences, Iranian parties and factions are united against foreigners' intervention and are faithful to the constitution.

The First Vice-President Mohammadreza Aref also condemned recent "meddling" statements of Bush and said Iranian nation will follow the road to independence, freedom and progress through unity and strength.

Aref told IRNA despite political differences, people are unanimous in safeguarding the revolution and defending their land.

He called on the Iranian people and officials to be vigilant in maintaining national unity.

Head of the Justice Administration Office Qorban-Ali Dorri Najafabadi also said that the statements by is an insult to Iranian nation which is after its independence and national strength.

Najafabadi told IRNA hat today, mosques, schools and houses of Iranian people are bases to safeguard independence, freedom and the Islamic Republic. He said Iranians do not fear the U.S. threats.