IRAN-LEBANON-ISRAEL

STEP991009055550 THR02 - 19991009 - TEHRAN, IRAN : Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks 09 October 1999 at a meeting with police chiefs in Tehran. Khamenei denounced in his speech the "silence" of the international community over the repeated air strikes by Israel against targets in southern Lebanon. Israeli warplanes have conducted more than 130 raids in Lebanon this year, killing 14 people, including 12 civilians, according to an AFP count. EPA PHOTO AFP/ATTA KENARE/kd/mro/sw