Iran warns US forces over Shia shrine blasts
TEHERAN - Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned US forces that Wednesday’s attack on a revered Shia shrine in Iraq would only complicate efforts to withdraw American troops, state-run television reported.
‘You, by supporting these actions, are making it harder for yourselves,’ he was quoted as saying on a tour of his hometown province of Semnan.
‘Do not act in such a way that no one in the region wants to help you get out,’ he added.
‘Know that whoever fights (Imam) Ali (family’s and descendants) will perish,’ Ahmadinejad said, without making any specific threat.
On Wednesday, two minarets of a revered Shia shrine in the northern Iraqi town of Samarra collapsed after being blown up within minutes of each other, according to witnesses and a top Shia official.
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