Iran's Religious Leader Renews Anti-U.S. Rhetoric

Suggestions of Consensus Against Nuclear Program Are Called a `Lie'
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei unleashed a flurry of broadsides Sunday at the United States and other countries confronting his government over its nuclear program, saying that suggestions of a consensus against Iran were "a lie."

"There is no consensus against Iran. This is a lie by the U.S. and a few other U.S. supporters," Khamenei, the country's supreme leader, said in a speech. "Some 116 member states of the Non-Aligned Movement supported Iran's brave achievements in nuclear technology. The consensus is among a few monopolist countries. Their consensus is of no value."

Khamenei, marking the anniversary of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's death 17 years ago, echoed the themes on which his predecessor constructed the government's foreign policy: disdain for the West, hatred of the United States, and pride in the notion of Iran as an example for disempowered Islamic and developing nations.

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Khamenei warned the United States that Iran would respond to any "wrong move" by disrupting "energy flow in the region," an apparent reference to the oil tankers that transit the Strait of Hormuz. "You will never be able to defend the security of energy supplies in this region," he said. "We would not initiate war. We do not want war with any state. We have noble ideas. We intend to use our resources to bring material and spiritual prosperity to our nation and make it a model for other nations."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/04/AR2006060400143.html

Instead of waiting for the U.S. to accuse him of enriching uranium, he announces it to the world.

When the U.S. accuses him of developing nuclear weapons, he says "come on in and look".

He's beaten us to the punch EVERY time so far. Gotta give him credit, he knows what he's doing.