April 1, 2005
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Amid fears Iran is developing a nuclear weapons program, the country's hard-line Revolutionary Guards issued a warning to the "Great Satan" United States of certain defeat if Washington decides to attack.
"Brave Iranians, disregarding the yells of the White House and arrogant media, will not hesitate for a moment in pursuing their objectives in various fields including nuclear energy," the statement said, according to Reuters.
"With alertness and iron-like will, [Iran] will inflict serious and repeated defeats on the Great Satan's camp."
The threat come as an Iranian resistance group reports that last year, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Al Khamenei allocated $2.5 billion to obtain three nuclear warheads, information that bolsters the claims of a new book about Tehran's ambitions.
Author Jerome Corsi says in "Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians," that since 1998, Iran has opened an estimated 10 uranium mines, capable of producing a quantity "sufficient to make about five crude nuclear weapons."
The U.S. is skeptical of Iran's claim that it is developing nuclear fuel only for electrical power and other peaceful purposes and has not ruled out use of force.
In a separate statement, Iran's armed forces also vowed it would "not disperse in the face of threats from the world's arrogance [the United States]."
The statement coincides with today's Islamic Republic Day, marking the establishment of the radical, cleric-led regime in 1979.
The command declared the "complete readiness of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Armed Forces, under the leadership of the supreme leader Ayatollah Khomenei, for a full defense of the sacred system of the Islamic Republic and its valuable achievements."
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