Khatami promise of ‘scorching hell’ if US invades

Ali Akbar Dareini, Tehran

Khatami promise of ‘scorching hell’ if US invades

Mr Khatami’s comments, before a crowd of tens of thousands in Tehran to mark the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, came amid an escalating exchange of rhetoric between the US and Iran.

Washington accuses Tehran of maintaining a nuclear weapons programme, which Iran says is for peaceful energy purposes.

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