Image: Iranians chant slogans Raheb Homavandi  /  Reuters
Iranians hold up a picture of Ayatollah Khomeini, Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while
chanting slogans in support of Iran’s nuclear program during the
anniversary of the death of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday. updated 6/4/2006 2:23:50 PM ET
2006-06-04T18:23:50  Iran’s top leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,
warned Sunday that energy supplies from the Gulf region would be
disrupted if Iran came under attack from the United States and
insisted his country would not give up the right to produce
nuclear fuel.  “If you make any mistake (and invade Iran),
definitely shipment of energy from this region will be seriously
jeopardized. You have to know this,” Khamenei said in a speech
broadcast live on state-run radio.  Khamenei warned that the
U.S. and its allies would not be able to provide security for
all oil shipments that cross the strategic Hormuz Strait near
Iran should a disruption