US Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul says US mainstream media are feeding wrong information to American people about Iran's intention to close the Strait of Hormuz.
The Texas congressman made the remarks during a campaign speech in Stratham in the US northeastern state of New Hampshire on Monday.
Paul rejected the US media hype that the Iranians are going to attack us by closing down the Strait of Hormuz, noting that the reports sometimes aren't accurate.
He then referred to dubious claims in the early 2000s that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, saying, "You got no accurate information about how they generated this need to go to war in Iraq. The only reason we were given to go into Iraq did not exist.
He added that the United States cannot afford to wage a war against Tehran, stating that Washington must end its enmity toward Iran through diplomacy.
Earlier last week, Paul once again lashed out at Washington's hostile policies toward Iran, saying there is no evidence that Tehran is making nuclear weapons.
The US and European countries accuse Iran of having the intention to weaponize its peaceful nuclear technology and have wielded the allegation, strongly rejected by Iran, as a pretext to impose sanctions on Tehran.
The EU failed to impose an embargo on Iran's oil exports during a meeting in Brussels on December 1, 2011, but a spokesman for the EU's Foreign Affairs chief Catherine Ashton said that the decision would be taken in the next meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels slated to be held on January 23.
The United States, Britain, and Canada imposed unilateral sanctions on the Islamic Republic's energy and financial sectors over Tehran's civilian nuclear program.
On December 27, 2011, Iran's First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi warned that imposing sanctions against the country's energy sector will prompt Tehran to block oil shipments through the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
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The Texas congressman made the remarks during a campaign speech in Stratham in the US northeastern state of New Hampshire on Monday.
Paul rejected the US media hype that the Iranians are going to attack us by closing down the Strait of Hormuz, noting that the reports sometimes aren't accurate.
He then referred to dubious claims in the early 2000s that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, saying, "You got no accurate information about how they generated this need to go to war in Iraq. The only reason we were given to go into Iraq did not exist.
He added that the United States cannot afford to wage a war against Tehran, stating that Washington must end its enmity toward Iran through diplomacy.
Earlier last week, Paul once again lashed out at Washington's hostile policies toward Iran, saying there is no evidence that Tehran is making nuclear weapons.
The US and European countries accuse Iran of having the intention to weaponize its peaceful nuclear technology and have wielded the allegation, strongly rejected by Iran, as a pretext to impose sanctions on Tehran.
The EU failed to impose an embargo on Iran's oil exports during a meeting in Brussels on December 1, 2011, but a spokesman for the EU's Foreign Affairs chief Catherine Ashton said that the decision would be taken in the next meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels slated to be held on January 23.
The United States, Britain, and Canada imposed unilateral sanctions on the Islamic Republic's energy and financial sectors over Tehran's civilian nuclear program.
On December 27, 2011, Iran's First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi warned that imposing sanctions against the country's energy sector will prompt Tehran to block oil shipments through the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
PressTV - 'US misinforms on Iran Hormuz closure'
