Pakistani Media Widely Cover Khamenei’s Remarks

Islamabad, June 5, IRNA – Pakistani media on Monday gave wide converge to the anti-Israel remarks of Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. The Pakistani top English news daily ‘Dawn’ quoted Ayatollah Khamenei as saying that any attack by Israel on Iran will blow back on the Jewish state “like thunder.” “His speech, broadcast on state television to mark the 1989 death of his predecessor and founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini,” said the newspaper. ‘The News’ said that Iran’s Supreme Leader has said that the international community’s suspicion that Iran was seeking nuclear weapons is based on a “lie” and he insisted that sanctions imposed on his country were ineffective and only strengthened its resolve. ‘The Nation, quoted the Supreme Leader as saying, “If the Israelis “make any misstep or wrong action, it will fall on their heads like thunder.” “The Jewish state, he added, was feeling ‘vulnerable’ and ‘terrified’ after losing deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak as an ally,” reported the newspaper. Daily ‘Express Tribune’ said Iran’s Supreme Leader has said, “What Americans and westerns do is idiotic. They magnify the nuclear issues to cover up their own problems.” ‘Daily Times’ quoted Supreme Leader as saying, “Allegations that Iran was trying to develop atomic bombs were false, Khamenei also said. “International political circles and media talk about the danger of a nuclear Iran, that a nuclear Iran is dangerous. I say that they lie. They are deceiving,” Khamenei said. “What they are afraid of — and should be afraid of — is not a nuclear but an Islamic Iran.” ‘Business Recorder’ reported that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned that any attack by Israel on Iran will blow back on the Jewish state “like thunder.” “Pakistan Today’ quoted Khamenei as saying, ‘if the Israelis “make any misstep or wrong action, it will fall on their heads like thunder.” ‘Pakistan Observer’ reported that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accused the United States and its allies of lying about Iran to cover up their own economic problems. Daily ‘Nawa-i-Waqt’ reported that ‘in an address marking the 23rd anniversary of the departure of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, Khamenei warned Israel against any attack on Iran, saying it would receive a “thunderous blow”.’ Daily ‘Asas’ said Iran’s Supreme Leader has said that Western economic sanctions imposed to pressure Iran to curb its nuclear program were having no effect. Geo TV channel quoted Supreme Leader as saying world suspicion that Iran was seeking nuclear weapons based on a ‘lie’. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said sanctions are ineffective and only strengthened the country's resolve. Dunya news channel reported that Iran’s Supreme Leader has said attack by Israel on Iran will blow back on the Jewish state ‘like thunder.’/end