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04-04-2007, 10:27 AM
TEHRAN, Iran — Fifteen British sailors and marines seized by Iranian naval personnel have been pardoned and will be freed, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said at a press conference Wednesday, but vowed his country would not tolerate invasions of its borders by any country.
"I announce that the great people of Iran and the Islamic Republic, even having legal rights to try these military people, in honor of the prophet's birthday, will be freed as a gift to the people of the United Kingdom," Ahmadinejad said in a speech to reporters, clerics and civil servants in a small hall in Tehran.
In response to a reporter's question, Ahmadinejad said the British troops would be freed at the end of the press conference.
In a long and rambling speech, Ahmadinejad decried the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 as being based on the lie that the country had weapons of mass destruction. He said that although Iraq now had an elected government, "the occupation forces continue to stay there and people are still being killed."
"Could the Security Council have stopped the invasion? And can it punish the aggressor now?" he asked rhetorically.
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"I announce that the great people of Iran and the Islamic Republic, even having legal rights to try these military people, in honor of the prophet's birthday, will be freed as a gift to the people of the United Kingdom," Ahmadinejad said in a speech to reporters, clerics and civil servants in a small hall in Tehran.
In response to a reporter's question, Ahmadinejad said the British troops would be freed at the end of the press conference.
In a long and rambling speech, Ahmadinejad decried the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 as being based on the lie that the country had weapons of mass destruction. He said that although Iraq now had an elected government, "the occupation forces continue to stay there and people are still being killed."
"Could the Security Council have stopped the invasion? And can it punish the aggressor now?" he asked rhetorically.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,263924,00.html