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Iran says Israel may do "something crazy"
Mar 1, 2010, 15:50 GMT
Geneva - Israel was weakened by its recent battles with Islamist militant groups in the Middle East, the Iranian foreign minister said Monday.
'The Zionist regime is not in a position to somehow wage another war in the region,' Manouchehr Mottaki told reporters in Geneva.
He said the war in Lebanon in 2006 with Hezbollah and the intense fighting in the Gaza Strip in 2008-09, mainly with Hamas, had weakened Israel.
However, 'it is possible they will do something crazy,' Mottaki said, after addressing the United Nations Human Rights Council, which was in session.
Iran has been accused of providing military backing, both to Hezbollah and Hamas.
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