TEHRAN, JUNE 4 (SPA) - AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI, SUPREME LEADER OF THE WORLD’S FOURTH LARGEST OIL EXPORTER, SAID ON SUNDAY THAT IF THE UNITED STATES MAKES A "WRONG MOVE" TOWARDS IRAN, ENERGY FLOWS IN THE REGION WOULD BE ENDANGERED. "IF YOU MAKE A WRONG MOVE REGARDING IRAN, DEFINITELY THE ENERGY FLOW IN THIS REGION WILL BE SERIOUSLY ENDANGERED," KHAMENEI SAID IN SPEECH BROADCAST ON STATE TELEVISION AND IN WHICH HE DISCUSSED THE NUCLEAR ISSUE. "YOU (THE UNITED STATES) ARE NOT CAPABLE OF SECURING ENERGY FLOWS IN THIS REGION," HE SAID IN A SPEECH TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF THE AYATOLLAH RUHOLLAH KHOMEINI, THE FOUNDER OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC. EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF JAVIER SOLANA IS EXPECTED SOON TO HAND OVER TO TEHRAN INCENTIVES AGREED BY SIX WORLD POWERS TO PERSUADE IRAN TO ABANDON PLANS TO MAKE NUCLEAR FUEL. IRAN HAS SAID ENRICHING URANIUM FOR FUEL IS A NATIONAL RIGHT. KHAMENEI DID NOT EXPLICITLY REFER TO ENRICHMENT IN HIS SPEECH BUT HE SAID: "WE ARE COMMITTED TO OUR NATIONAL INTERESTS AND WHOEVER THREATENS IT WILL EXPERIENCE THE SHARPNESS OF THIS NATION’S ANGER." HE ALSO PRAISED THE EFFORTS OF THE COUNTRY’S NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS IN DEVELOPING HOME-GROWN NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY, ACCORDING TO A REPORT OF REUTERS. --SPA 04/06/2006 11:30 ت م www.spa.gov.sa/366121
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