30 september 2012, Fars News Agency http://english.farsnews.com (Iran)
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraq will not allow Israel or the US to use its soil or
airspace for an attack on Iran, a senior Iraqi legislator stressed on Sunday.
"Iraq opposes any
aggression against Iran which is a neighboring country and will not allow
Israel to use Iraq's airspace for waging an attack on Iran or any other
country," Member of the Iraqi parliament's Security and Defense Committee
Alexander Witwit told FNA. "Iraq has on many occasions stated that its airspace is open to no country for an attack on Iran," Witwit reiterated, and warned that violating Iraq's airspace "will be a blatant violation of Iraq's national sovereignty and dignity" and will be followed by dire consequences.
The remarks by the Iraqi official came against a backdrop of Israel's intensified threats against Iran.
Israel and its close ally the United States accuse Iran of seeking a nuclear weapon, while they have never presented any corroborative document to substantiate their allegations. Both Washington and Tel Aviv possess advanced weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear warheads.
Iran vehemently denies the charges, insisting that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only. Tehran stresses that the country has always pursued a civilian path to provide power to the growing number of Iranian population, whose fossil fuel would eventually run dry.
Iran has warned that it would target Israel and its worldwide interests in case it comes under attack by the Tel Aviv.
The United States has also always stressed that military action is a main option for the White House to deter Iran's progress in the field of nuclear technology.
In response, Iran has warned it would hit the US, Israel and their worldwide interests and close the strategic Strait of Hormuz if it became the target of a military attack over its nuclear program.
Strait of Hormuz, the entrance to the strategic Persian Gulf waterway, is a major oil shipping route.
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