国际英语新闻：Iran's supreme leader: Hillary Clinton spreads lies about Iran in region

TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spreads lies about Iran in the Persian Gulf region, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

"Now, once again the Americans, have dispatched their agent to the Persian Gulf to repeat the usual lies," Khamenei was quoted as saying.

Clinton warned in Doha on Monday that Iran is "moving toward a military dictatorship," saying that "the Revolutionary Guard, we believe, in fact, is supplanting the government of Iran."

"We are planning to bring the world community together to impose pressure on Iran through sanctions adopted by the United Nations," she added.

Khamenei said "But nobody believes such words. The reason is the United States is not interested in the interests of the nations in the region."

He also said "The United States has turned the Persian Gulf into the arms depot and invaded Iraq and Afghanistan... and in such a context spreads lies against Iran," according to Fars.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that he did not take U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's words seriously.

Tehran reiterated its displeasure with what Tehran says the West's attempts to back Iranian opposition and to destabilize the country.