Visiting former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said yesterday
that he was certain Gulf Arab states will not support any US strike on Iran.
"We are certain that Gulf countries will not back the United States in waging an attack on Iran," Rafsanjani said on the second day
of a visit to Kuwait.
"The talk about a U.S. attack on Iran is nonsense and we are sure the
Americans will not create problems for themselves," he said.
Iran claimed last week that it had successfully enriched uranium to the level
needed to make reactor fuel, igniting mounting criticism of the United States
over Iran's nuclear program.
Uranium enrichment can be extended to make weapons. Iran says that its
nuclear program is for peaceful purpose.
The UN Security Council has asked Iran to freeze its fuel cycle work by April
28.
