"Definitely there are great deal of differences between Iran and Iraq and we are quite sure that the U.S. officials will never behave in an irrational manner to commit such a mistake because it will have irreparable consequnces for them," Assefi made the remark in response to a reporter who asked if the U.S. treatment of Iran looked like that of Iraq one year before Washington's attack on Baghdad.
Talking to reporters in a regular briefing, Asseif said Iran is quite vigilant about U.S. policies and advised the U.S. administration to adopt rational and logical approaches in dealing with international community.
U.S. unilateralism has backfired thoughout the world, he said adding the policy has pushed Washington into isolation.
Washington cut off its ties with Iran in 1980 after its embassy in Terhan was captured by the students and its staff were taken hostages in November 1979. The students captured the emabassy in protest to U.S. intervention in Iran's domestic affairs.
The United States has intensified its pressures on Iran over the past few weeks, repeating the old charges against Iran of trying to acuqire nuclear weapons and supporting terrorism - a reference to Iran's support for the Hizbullah of Lebanon.
Iran rejects the charges as baseless, saying its nuclear program is under regular inspection of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Tehran also argues that the Hizbullah is a political organization with its member sitting in the Lebanese Parliament and defending their mother land against the Isreali aggressions. Defense of one's motherland against foreign invasion is not terrorism, but resistance.
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