Here are a few briefs from a french article in L'express. The
translation is mine.
Iran will not move back of an iota.” Pointing to his nuclear obsession, said
the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He wants to provoc, play with
the nerve of the world, threaten the international peace. And with what a
arguments! “People of God do not fear any power because they are commanded
by Allah.” He views Israel as a “permanent threat”, denies the “historical
reality of the Holocaust”. In his speech of hatred, he describes the Hebrew
State as “anti-Islamic by nature”, resolves 50 million dollars to support
Hamas. Will Mahmoud Ahmadinejad succeed in putting fire at the Middle East?
The Iranian Military
Army:
- 350 000 Soldiers
- 350 000 reserves
- 40 000 Speacial Forces
Air Force
- 52 000 Soldiers
- 281 Combat Aircraft
- 225 Surface to Air Missiles
Navy
- 18 000 Soldiers
- 2 Battleships
- 3 Fregates
- 3 Submarines