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Rice warns Iran that US will defend Israel

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-07-10 16:23

TBILISI, Georgia - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iran on Thursday that the United States will not back down in the face of Iranian threats against Israel.

A map showing range of the Iranian Shahab-3 missile. The United States has played down any prospects of war with Iran or any immediate dangers from its nuclear drive but warned that the world was ready to confront its "provocative" policies. [Agencies]

Iranian officials have strongly suggested the country's missile test on Wednesday was itself a warning to Israel not to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. Israel has left that option open.

"We will defend our interests and defend our allies," Rice said at the close of a three-day Eastern European trip.

"We take very very strongly our obligations to defend our allies and no one should be confused of that," she said.

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