Iran Marks Army Day, Issues More Threats
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned that Iran would “cut off the hand of any aggressor” and insisted Tuesday the country’s military must be prepared amid escalating tensions with the international community over its disputed nuclear program. The defiant stance came hours before a meeting in Moscow of senior diplomats from the five permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany to discuss the issue and less than two weeks before a council deadline for Iran to stop uranium enrichment. Full Story