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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Search Search: Iran urges regional peace on Army Day AFP - Sunday, April 19 TEHRAN (AFP) - - Iran marked Army Day on Saturday with a low-key military parade and a speech by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that contrasted sharply with his confrontational tirades of previous years. ADVERTISEMENT He hailed the armed forces as the "guarantor" of regional security but refrained from making tub-thumping boasts about Iran's military might after Washington called for dialogue over Tehran's controversial nuclear drive. Iran's military top brass also said Tehran sought only peace and stability in the region. Ahmadinejad's more moderate comments came as the administration of US President Barack Obama called for talks over Iranian nuclear ambitions, which Western powers fear could be a cover for efforts to build an atomic bomb. "Iran's armed forces are the guarantor of security in the region," the president said in an unusually short televised speech. "Today the Iranian nation, with its religious armed forces, is ready to have a wide role in world management and to establish security based on justice across the world." Ahmadinejad's remarks were echoed by armed forces chief General Hasan Firouzabadi, who said: "Our president has never challenged others and has only responded to the insults of others against the Islamic republic." Yahya Rahim Safavi, military adviser to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Iran "has never been a threatening force in the region, but has always sought peace and stability, something that will happen with the departure of foreign forces." Britain's The Times newspaper reported on Saturday that Israel was preparing to launch an attack on Iranian nuclear sites if ordered to do so by the new right-leaning government. "Israel wants to know that if its forces were given the green light, they could strike at Iran in a matter of days, even hours," it quoted an unnamed senior Israeli defence official as saying. Iranian army commander General Ataollah Salehi, said however that Israel "can never make its threat operational." Local media had said 140 fighter jets and other aircraft would stage a fly-past but this was cancelled because "bad weather" even though Tehran was basking in warm and sunny weather. In past years, Iran has used army day to display its military might and warn its enemies of dire consequences should they attack. In 2006 and 2007 Ahmadinejad warned that Iran would "cut off the hand" of any attacker. Previous parades have also seen prominent displays of the slogan "Death to Israel" on banners alongside missiles, but this year it was relegated to a less visible truck. Hawks in the governments of both Israel and its staunch ally the United States have floated the idea of air strikes on Iran to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons through enrichment of uranium. The process is at the heart of Western fears because it can be used to make the fissile core of an atomic bomb as well as nuclear fuel for power plants. Last week, six world powers led by the United States invited Iran for direct talks over the nuclear standoff, which has seen Tehran slapped with three sets of UN Security Council sanctions for refusing to halt enrichment. Ahmadinejad responded by saying Tehran would offer a new package to world powers for negotiations. Widely believed to be the Middle East's sole nuclear armed power, Israel considers Iran its arch-enemy because of repeated calls by Ahmadinejad for the Jewish state to be wiped off the map. New Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that Iran was the greatest threat to Israel's existence since its creation 61 years ago. Tehran last week urged the UN Security Council to condemn Israel for its "insolent threats" against Iran's nuclear facilities. 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