Iran supreme leader lashes out at Clinton 'lies'

clipped from uk.news.yahoo.com Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lashed out at US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, saying she had spread "lies" against the Islamic republic during a tour of the Gulf. Skip related content Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Enlarge photo Clinton said that Iran was moving towards a "military dictatorship" Enlarge photo Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Enlarge photo "Those who have turned the Persian Gulf into an arms depot in order to milk regional countries for money have now dispatched their official to go around the Persian Gulf and spread lies against Iran," Khamenei said, referring to Clinton at a meeting with visitors from the northwestern city of Tabriz. "If anybody seeks to create problems for Iran, our response will not be like before. Something in response will be done which will make them (the world powers) regret" their move, Ahmadinejad told a Tehran news conference. During her trip, Clinton said that Iran was moving towards a "military dictatorship"

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