The regime in Tehran had harsh words for the U.N. today, vowing that the passage of a new set of economic sanctions will not deter Iran’s nuclear ambitions “even for a second.”
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said resolutions such as the one passed by the U.N. Security Council today “have no value…it is like a used handkerchief that should be thrown in the waste bin.”
“Sanctions are falling on us from the left and the right. For us they are the same as pesky flies.…We have patience and we will endure throughout all of this.”
In Vienna, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran’s chief nuclear representative to the U.N., said “we will continue without any interruption our enrichment activities…[they] will not be suspended, even for a second.”
The Iranian parliament is also reportedly reconsidering its cooperation with the U.N. on nuclear matters.
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