Iran to continue hard-line policy, say experts

Iran will continue its hard-line policy toward Washington and go on with its nuclear project in President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's new term, despite good-will signals from the US, Chinese experts said.

"Iran sees the change of Washington's attitude as weakness following the failure of its hard-line policies. Iran's choice has won it great national interests and there seems to be no need to change," Ye Hailin, an expert on international studies with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), told Shenyang-based Liaoshen Evening News.

Besides, Ahmadinejad's tough words have earned him widespread support from domestic conservatives to grass-root people around the Middle East, Ye said.