Ahmadinejad Says Iran Doesn’t Need Nukes to Beat U.S. Threat
Iran "does not need an atomic bomb" to confront the United States, preferring to use its wits to see off U.S. threats, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday, according to state media.
"If America wants to confront the Iranian nation, it will certainly regret the Iranian nation's response," Ahmadinejad said, warning Iran would not accept any accusation against its nuclear program, the IRNA news agency reported.
"History has shown that anyone acting against the Iranian nation regrets it," he added in comments carried by the website of state broadcaster IRIB.
His remarks came ahead of a report due to be published by the International Atomic Energy Agency this week that diplomats say will present evidence of a likely "military dimension" to Iran's nuclear program.
Ahmadinejad stressed the "utter impudence" of the United States alleging Iran was seeking to develop nuclear weapons when it already possesses thousands of its own.
"If you think by pressuring the Iranian nation, you can change the situation in the world, you are very much mistaken," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying by the IRIB website.
"They are saying that Iran is seeking the atomic bomb. But they should know... we do not need a bomb... Rather we will act thoughtfully and with logic."
Ahmadinejad said the head of the IAEA, Yukiya Amano, was a U.S. puppet "because this person does not publish a report about America and its allies' nuclear arsenal."
Source: Agence France Presse
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