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11/26/2005 11:29:00 AM -0500

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Iran president warns 'Zionist supporters'

TEHRAN, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad warned Saturday the Iranians will confront the "supporters of the Zionist entity," describing them as "war criminals."

Addressing thousands of Basij (militant volunteer) forces, Ahmedinejad vowed the "revolutionary people of the Islamic Republic will stand up to the enemies who seek to violate the rights of the Iranian nation."

The official Islamic Republic News Agency quoted the president as saying that "those whose hands are stained with blood of thousands of innocent people now pretend to advocate human rights in the face of the Iranian nation."

He said those who support the "Zionist regime, which kills thousands of innocent Palestinians, have no right to talk about human rights," adding they were "suspects and should be put on trial as war criminals in the future."

Ahmedinejad accused Western powers of supporting the toppled Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, saying they have "made use of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons against nations, and in Iraq, they used depleted uranium."

He went on to say that while Western nations accuse Iran of pursuing non-peaceful nuclear programs, "we believe your nuclear activities are used against humanity."

The news agency said the Iranian leader's comments came as millions from the Basij forces held demonstrations and formed human chains across the country in support of Iran's "legitimate right to develop nuclear power for peaceful purposes."

It said 1.5 million Basij members in Tehran, in an opening ceremony marking "Basij Week," vowed they were ready to defend their country's borders from outside forces, chanting slogans denouncing the "enemy's hostile policy towards Iran's civilian nuclear program."

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