Iran: Sanctions would be act of hostility
(AP) Updated: 2006-12-05 15:50
SARI, Iran - Iran's president warned Washington's European allies on Tuesday
that Iran would reconsider its relations with them if they insist on punishing
Tehran for its nuclear programs, saying that would amount to an act of
"hostility."
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shakes hands with
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at the start of their meeting in Tehran,
Iran, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2006. [AP]
| His comments came ahead of a
meeting in Paris of diplomats from the United States, Britain, France, China,
Russia, and Germany to discuss imposing penalties on Iran for refusing to stop
uranium enrichment.
"I'm telling you in plain language that as of now on, if you try, whether in
your propaganda or at international organizations, to take steps against the
rights of the Iranian nation, the Iranian nation will consider it an act of
hostility," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a speech before thousands in
northern Iran.
"And if you insist on pursuing this path," he continued, Iran "will
reconsider its relations with you."
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