Iranian Rebukes U.S. Counterpart

A passing remark from the new American ambassador to the unUnited Nations, Susan Rice, prompted a rebuke from her Iranian counterpart. 

Toward the end of a speech to the Security Council about the situation in Iraq, Ms. Rice said the United States would “seek to end Iran's ambition to acquire an illicit nuclear capability and its support for terrorism.” She said Washington would also encourage Iran and Syria to become “constructive actors” in the region. 

In a letter to the president of the Council, Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee of Iran called the accusations baseless. “It is unfortunate that, yet again, we are hearing the same tired, unwarranted and groundless allegations that used to be unjustifiably and futilely repeated by the previous U.S. administration,” the letter said.

They'll continue to deny that they are trying to build nuclear weapons until they detonate one.  Let's hope it's not on U.S. soil.