Commenting on the Israel's sustained efforts to stop Iran acquiring modern weapons needed for it's "legitimate" defence, the London-based Iranian independent weekly newspaper "Nimrooz" said there was no reason that Israel have access to all kind of most modern warfare including nuclear bomb and Iran, a country surrounded by big and small enemies on all fronts, be deprived.

Pointing out to a recent Radio Israel news justifying the purchase, by Israel, of 50 new F-16 fighters, explaining at length that a country surrounded by enemies needed to be armed and prepared, the same Radio would immediately denounce, "with an arogant accent", Iran's intention of buying three new nuclear reactors from Russia, Nimrooz said "if Israel think that it need most modern arms, including 50 F-16, this is Iran's perfect right to arm itself with nuclear weapons, the best of the fighters and advanced military arsenals, as it is encircled by big and small enemies".

The paper that has the largest circulation of Iranian publications outside Iran and is opposed to the present Islamic regime of Tehran criticised the Israeli policy of seeking dismemberment of Iran, saying in the view of Israelis, there must be only one strong and domineering nation in the region and that is Israel while Iran, a nation (also) encircled by enemies, must be kept weak, humiliated and allowed to be disintegrated.

Observing that by insisting on a strong Iran the paper was not defending the present clerical dictatorship that has brought havoc to both Iran and the Iranians, the paper said Iran must be so strong as to allow the Israelis to live in peace withing their secured borders.