Seyyed Hossein Nasr Hearing Muslim Voices Since 9/11
b'An Iranian man sits on the ground after weekly Friday prayers at Tehran University in the Iranian capital, 02 June 2006. An Iranian cleric today dismissed US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice\\u2019s warning that the Islamic republic would incur \\u2018great costs\\u2019 if it rejected the latest international offer to curtail its nuclear programme. \\u2018We are ready to pay a great cost to defend our ideals,\\u2019 Hojatoleslam Ahmad Khatami said in his sermon at the main weekly Muslim prayers broadcast live on state radio.'