Posted on 12/24/2006 10:39:04 AM PST by edpc
A defiant Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday dismissed the United Nations Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program as "a piece of torn paper" that would not deter Iran from its nuclear activities.
"It is a piece of torn paper... by which they aim to scare Iranians... It is in the Westerners' interests to live with a nuclear Iran," the semi-official Fars news agency quoted him as saying.
In his first response since the 15-member Council voted unanimously Saturday to impose economic sanctions, the hard-line Iranian president said that the supporters of the resolution would soon regret their "superficial act," the Irna news agency reported.
"This resolution will not harm Iran and those who backed it will soon regret their superficial act," Ahmadinejad said.
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
Yeah, we'll all have to keep that rumor under our hat... :)
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