	iran says it will combat gulf intervention iranian foreign minister ali akbar velayati warned that iran would combat any superpower intervention in the gulf iran which is the most powerful country in the gulf will not allow the superpowers or any other foreign forces to interfere in the region he said velayati visiting the united arab emirates on the first leg of a gulf tour told reporters iran had the capabilities and means to prevent any interference president reagan has pledged to keep the gulf sealanes open and to protect kuwaiti tankers from possible iranian attack reuter 
