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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
speaks to journalists during a news conference in Tehran August 27, 2006.
He pledged on Saturday, September 2, 2006, that his country would
"firmly" defend the goals of its nuclear program in all talks on the
issue. (Xinhua, file
photo) |
TEHRAN, Sept.
4 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said on Monday
that threats of sanctions from the West are just empty propaganda and weapons of
psychological wars, the official IRNA news agency reported.
"We have everything in the Islamic Republic of Iran
and we don't need anything to encourage the enemy to talk about sanctions, on
the contrary, it is them who are in need of our purchases of their products,"
Najjar told a press conference.
"If we don't use their products in our country, they
will gobankrupt," he added.
The minister said that Iran was not afraid of
military sanction either, as "from the early days of our revolution, we have
faced sanctions of different sorts. "
The sanctions "led to our progress and our country's
development, (and) this has pushed our revolution forward and has caused
disappointment for the enemies," Najjar stressed. Meanwhile, Najjar also warned
the United States against invasion against Iran, saying this would be a very
silly action.
Iran's ranking officials have reiterated their dissatisfaction at sanction
threats from Western countries. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has vowed that his
country would never give up its right of exploiting peaceful nuclear energy.
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution in late
July, urging Tehran to suspend by Aug. 31 all enrichment-related and
reprocessing activities, including research and development, or face prospect of
sanctions.
On Thursday, the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA)chief Mohammed ElBaradei presented a report to the Security Council,
saying "Iran has continued enriching uranium despite a UN nuclear deadline for
it to suspend or face possible sanctions." Enditem
Iran calls sanction threat empty propaganda
TEHRAN, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Defense
Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said on Monday that threats of sanctions from
the West are just empty propaganda and weapons of psychological wars, the
official IRNA news agency reported. >>>
Annan fails to achieve breakthrough on
Iran nuclear issue
TEHRAN, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Sunday wrapped up his two-day visit to Iran
without achieving any breakthrough on its nuclear issue as Tehran insisted that
suspension of uranium enrichment would not happen before talks. >>>
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