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Iranian leader calls for mass-production of missiles
Western expectations that Iran will limit its missile program 'stupid and idiotic,' says Supreme Leader Khamenei. President Rohani says Iran won't accept 'nuclear apartheid.'By Reuters | May 11, 2014
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Sunday called on the country's Revolutionary Guards to mass-produce missiles, saying that Western expectations that Iran would limit its missile program were "stupid and idiotic."
"They expect us to limit our missile program while they constantly threaten Iran with military action. So this is a stupid, idiotic expectation," Khamenei told members of the Revolutionary Guards airspace unit during a visit to an aeronautics fair in Tehran.
"The Revolutionary Guards should definitely carry out their program and not be satisfied with the present level. They should mass produce. This is a main duty of all military officials," Khamenei said.
Also on Sunday, Iranian President Hassan Rohani said that Iran will not accept "nuclear apartheid," but is willing to offer more transparency over its atomic activities.
in full: http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.590040