IRNA, Iran
September 13, 2006 Wednesday 8:18 AM EST

Iran not to yield to bullying powers: Speaker

Tehran, Sept 13, IRNA Armenia-Iran-Speaker Visiting Majlis Speaker
Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel said in Yerevan, Armenia, on Tuesday that the
Iranian government, with a strong mandate from the nation, will never
yield to the will of bullying powers.

Haddad-Adel, who arrived in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, Monday on
the first leg of a two-nation visit, made the remarks during a
meeting with Armenian President Robert Kocharyan.

Referring to the Iran nuclear issue, the speaker said that Iran had
always stressed negotiations to settle the issue.

He praised Armenia’s logical stance on the issue and regretted that
certain big powers were using pretexts to evade a reasonable
solution, but "we have always stressed a logical solution to the
nuclear standoff."

"The United States has never been happy with the victory of the
Islamic Revolution in Iran (in 1979) because it has been an obstacle
to US hegemonic ambitions.

"Twenty-seven years since the victory of the revolution, the US still
speaks of toppling the regime in Iran."

Haddad-Adel said that the US desires to rule the world on the pretext
of defending human rights, fighting terrorism and nuclear
disarmament."

Pointing to the deep-rooted bonds linking the Iranian and Armenian
peoples, he stressed the need to further bolster bilateral ties by
increasing parliamentary interaction.

While in Yerevan, the Iranian speaker held talks with senior Armenian
officials on ways of further bolstering relations as well as recent
regional and international developments.

Tuesday night he wound up his Armenia visit and left for Bishkek,
Kyrgyzstan.