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Stephen Harper
Stephen Harper
The prime minister offered that assessment of the growing tensions in the Persian Gulf during an interview Thursday on an Alberta radio program.
"Your listeners should be under no illusion, Iran is a very serious threat to international peace and security. In my judgment, it is the world's most serious threat to international peace and security," Harper said during an appearance on the Rutherford Show, an Alberta-wide radio call-in program.
Harper also said he has no doubt Iran wants a nuclear weapon and would be prepared to use one.
"This is a regime that wants to acquire nuclear weapons ... and has indicated some desire to actually use nuclear weapons," he said.
Harper's remark about Iran expressing a desire to use a nuclear weapon appears to fly in the face of the facts, said one expert.
