IRAN’S supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said yesterday the United States was "sinking deeper into a quagmire" in Iraq and warned that Middle Eastern nations would not tolerate being occupied.
By The Newsroom
Published 27th Nov 2003, 00:00 BST
"The Americans should know that any imposed government, constitution and elections would face resistance from the people in Iraq," he said. Iran has repeatedly called for a faster transfer of power in Iraq.