Iran is No.1 Superpower
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Iran is No.1 Superpower
The world's greatest superpower is not the United States ... or Russia ... or China, says Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. It's Iran.
"Iran is the number one power in the world," Ahmadinejad said Thursday in a speech to the families of those killed in his country's war with Iraq more than 20 years ago.
"Today the name of Iran means a firm punch in the teeth of the powerful and it puts them in their place," the president said in an address broadcast live on state television, AFP reported.
He also launched a new assault on critics within his country who he says are siding with the enemy.
On Wednesday, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Hassan Rowhani, attacked Ahmadinejad's foreign policy, accusing him of using "course slogans and grandstanding."
"You can see how some people here... try to materialize the plans of the enemies and by showing that Iran is small and the enemy is big," Ahmadinejad said.
The president's comments came amid renewed U.N. Security Council efforts to agree on sanctions against Tehran over its refusal to suspend nuclear activities, AFP reported.
Ahmadinejad insisted that Iran is winning the standoff over its atomic program.
Ahmadinejad is expected to travel to Iraq this weekend in the first visit by an Iranian president to the neighboring country. The two nations waged a costly war between 1980-1988.
"Iran is the number one power in the world," Ahmadinejad said Thursday in a speech to the families of those killed in his country's war with Iraq more than 20 years ago.
"Today the name of Iran means a firm punch in the teeth of the powerful and it puts them in their place," the president said in an address broadcast live on state television, AFP reported.
He also launched a new assault on critics within his country who he says are siding with the enemy.
On Wednesday, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Hassan Rowhani, attacked Ahmadinejad's foreign policy, accusing him of using "course slogans and grandstanding."
"You can see how some people here... try to materialize the plans of the enemies and by showing that Iran is small and the enemy is big," Ahmadinejad said.
The president's comments came amid renewed U.N. Security Council efforts to agree on sanctions against Tehran over its refusal to suspend nuclear activities, AFP reported.
Ahmadinejad insisted that Iran is winning the standoff over its atomic program.
Ahmadinejad is expected to travel to Iraq this weekend in the first visit by an Iranian president to the neighboring country. The two nations waged a costly war between 1980-1988.
:bowrofl: what a moron this man really is. i understand saying you think you are the greatest people or the greatest nation. but to say you are the biggest superpower and then to go on to say messing with you means a punch to the teeth?
come on ... think about what you say. you arent even a superpower
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If they held a significant amount of oil in their country then I would probably agree with him more but Saudi Arabia is far more powerful than Iran right now.
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but a superpower? the no 1 superpower in the world?
doesnt a superpower require that you have a military able to go anywhere and do almost anything? an economy that has a direct impact on world markets? and federal programs that provide / alter the conditions of other countries around the world?
as far as i know the iranian govt could collapse tommorow and we would feel nothing more than a slight tremor.
If the US, UK or Russia were to collapse ... there would be drastic results all over the world
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powerful? yes
but a superpower? the no 1 superpower in the world?
doesnt a superpower require that you have a military able to go anywhere and do almost anything? an economy that has a direct impact on world markets? and federal programs that provide / alter the conditions of other countries around the world?
as far as i know the iranian govt could collapse tommorow and we would feel nothing more than a slight tremor.
If the US, UK or Russia were to collapse ... there would be drastic results all over the world
but a superpower? the no 1 superpower in the world?
doesnt a superpower require that you have a military able to go anywhere and do almost anything? an economy that has a direct impact on world markets? and federal programs that provide / alter the conditions of other countries around the world?
as far as i know the iranian govt could collapse tommorow and we would feel nothing more than a slight tremor.
If the US, UK or Russia were to collapse ... there would be drastic results all over the world
so if they were attacked they could dry up the oil supply and just hold their ground until the attacking countries supplies ran out.
That my friend in todays world is truly a powerful country.
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