Iran’s Majlis speaker says the nation is ready to defend its independence and territorial sovereignty against any military attack.

“The prospect of a war against Iran is very weak but it is possible that the US policy makers take such an unwise decision,” Gholam-Ali Hadad-Adel said Wednesday at a press conference.

“The Islamic Republic has never sought any confrontation (with other countries) but we are ready for an all-out defense of our independence and territorial sovereignty,” the Iranian lawmaker emphasized.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert visited Washington yesterday and met with US President George W. Bush to finalise plans for a joint US-Israel strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

President Bush hinted that actions against Iran will form the core of their discussion.

“I’m sure that we will find some time, also, to discuss other measures, such as the danger of Iran and the threats that come from the President of Iran, who talks time and again about the liquidation of the state of Israel, something that is totally intolerable and unacceptable,” he said. “And we have to continue the measures taken in order to stop the Iranian efforts to establish unconventional weapons.”

Talking to reporters at a joint press conference Bush once again re-iterated his position on military strikes against Iran by saying “I will tell you this, that my position hasn’t changed, and that is all options are on the table.”