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Tehran, Jan 30, IRNA -- Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi here Wednesday denounced as "arrogant" statements made by U.S. President George W. Bush accusing Tehran of attempting to develop weapons of mass destruction.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran considers these remarks as interference in its internal affairs," Kharrazi said, adding they are intended to divert public opinion from heightened atrocities being committed by the racist Israeli regime against innocent Palestinians in occupied lands.
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"Bush is intending to divert public opinion from the Middle East issues by raising up a new subject and thereby pave the ground for the U.S. to continue support for Israel in suppressing the Palestinian nation," he said in an interview with IRNA.
Bush, in his first televised State of the Union address from the House of Representatives chamber on Wednesday, used aggressive language against Iran, accusing the country, along with Iraq and North Korea, of attempting to develop weapons of mass destruction.
"With these arrogant statements, the American government has further unveiled its true image as a hegemonic power that wants to dominate the whole world through force," Kharrazi said.
"We, besides rejecting American accusations, believe that the world will not tolerate U.S. hegemonic ambitions and believe Mr. Bush would do better by presenting proof of his accusation," the Iranian foreign minister said, adding that "repeated accusations will not help him."
Iran has persistently denied that it is producing weapons of mass destruction and, to prove its point, has opened up its nuclear facilities now under construction in southern Bushehr to IAEA inspection.
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