Regarding Gaddafi's dictatorial regime:
Libya rejects US anti-Iran claim
Libya: Libya has denied allegations by the US officials that Iran had
supplied the toppled regime of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi with
weapons.
Mustafa Abdel Jalil, Libya's interim leader, dismissed the recent
comments by the US officials that Iran had provided the former Libyan
regime with hundreds of special artillery shells for chemical weapons,
IRIB reported on Monday.
Washington has so far failed to back up the claim with concrete
evidence or genuine documents, Abdel Jalil stated.
The shells, filled with highly-toxic mustard agent, have been
uncovered in recent weeks at two sites in central Libya. They are
reportedly being kept under heavy guard and round-the-clock
surveillance.
The US officials alleged that the chemical weapons had been
custom-designed and -produced in Iran for Gaddafi's dictatorial regime.
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces,
Major General Hassan Firouzabadi had also rejected the claim on November
30. “How could have we equipped the Gaddafi government, when we
ourselves never had chemical weapons?” he had asked.
The Secretary-General of Iran's High Council for Human Rights,
Mohammed Javad Larijani, has likewise denied the allegation.
“I believe such comments are being made by the US to complete their
project of Iranophobia in the region and all through the world. Surely,
this is another baseless story for demonizing the Islamic Republic of
Iran,” Larijani has asserted.
Over 300 attacks, using more than 3,000 tons of chemical weapons,
were carried out against Iran in the course of the Iran-Iraq War of
1980-1988.
The former regime of slain Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein imposed the
hostilities on the Islamic Republic, enjoying major backing from the
Western powers, including the United States. Press TV
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