TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran said on Wednesday it would use “all our means” to defend itself if attacked by the West, three days after France’s foreign minister publicly raised the possibility of war over Tehran’s disputed nuclear activities.
When asked whether Iran would block the Hormuz Strait, the world’s most important water way for oil shipments, if attacked, government spokesman Gholamhossein Elham dismissed it as “far- fetched” that anybody would take “this foolish option.”
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday comments by French government officials talking about the possibility of war over Iran’s nuclear programme were intended for the media and should not be taken seriously.
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