WASHINGTON – President Bush spoke sternly to Iran yesterday amid reports Tehran is harboring terrorists and snubbing the new westernized government in Afghanistan.
“Any nation that thwarts our ability to rout terror out where it exists will be held to account, one way or the other,” Bush told a gathering of reporters at the White House.
He said Iran “must be a contributor in the war against terror.”
“We would like to work with the Iranians … We would like very much for them to be very active participants in a stable Afghanistan. It’s to their advantage,” Bush said.
Bush also said he’s counting on Iran to turn over alQaeda terrorists entering the country.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi denied his country, which borders on Afghanistan, is harboring members of al Qaeda.