Iran raid risks world economy -Leon Panetta
‘I have to tell you-there’ll be economic
consequences’:
US: Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has said that any possible
military strike against Iran would have consequences for the world
economy.
“I have to tell you there are going to be economic consequences to
that, that could impact not just on our economy but the world economy,”
he told reporters on Thursday.
The Pentagon chief once again threatened the Islamic Republic with
diplomatic pressure and sanctions.
“Obviously to go beyond that raises our concerns about the unintended
consequences that could result,” Panetta was quoted as saying by
Reuters. On November 8, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Director General Yukiya Amano released a report claiming that Iran was
engaged in activities aimed at developing nuclear weapons. Tehran has
rejected the report as “unbalanced, unprofessional and prepared with
political motivation and under political pressure by mostly the United
States.”
The US and its allies are using the report as a pretext to put more
pressure on Iran, already under four rounds of UN Security Council
sanctions. Press TV |