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Ahmadinejad: new sanctions against Iran will not stop
country from developing its nuclear program
22.09.2007 13:44 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ New sanctions against Iran will not stop the country
from developing its nuclear program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
said Saturday.

Ahmadinejad comments come as discussions continue by the United
States, Russia, China and the European troika – France, Germany and
the UK – over a third round of UN Security Council’s sanctions against
Iran for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.

"Those who think, that by using such decayed methods as psychological
warfare and economic sanctions, they can stop the Iranian nation’s
progress are mistaken," he said at an annual military parade to
commemorate the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.

He also called on the U.S. and allies to withdraw troops from Iraq.

The UN Security Council has twice passed resolutions on imposing
sanctions on Iran over its continued failure to suspend its uranium
enrichment program.

The US representative to the UN, Zalmay Khalilzad said a draft
resolution providing for a more severe set of sanctions will be
introduced within several weeks, RIA Novosti reports.