Tehran, March 23, IRNA -- Interior Minister Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari here on Sunday stressed that Iranian forces are ready to thwart any foreign aggression against the country, and reiterated Iran's position of "active neutrality" toward the Iraq crisis. Lari, speaking at a news conference, said Iranian combatants are carefully watching out for the developments on the border with Iraq, stressing that they will definitely take action against any air or sea aggression against the country. <snip>
Lari called on the international community to stop the US war on Iraq, stressing that the UN must take the leadership in resolving the crisis. The UN, he said, must also set the stage for the emergence of a popular and democratically-elected government. Asked whether the US campaign against Iraq would later include countries such as Iran, North Korea or Syria, Lari said the "aggressive nature" of US leaders might fail to stop them from creating new crises. "But there is no doubt that the modern world of today will never allow unilateralism to cross certain boundaries, and they ultimately have to follow the international public opinion," he said. Elsewhere in his remarks, Lari said members of the terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) will be forgiven once they repent of their activities against the Islamic Republic. "The fate of those who have spared no atrocity in cooperating with Saddam and have moved with him shoulder-to-shoulder would be definitely the same as that of Saddam's," he said. "But should MKO elements repent and turn to realities, they will be certainly entitled to the Islamic Ra'fat (forgiveness)."
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