Friday March 3, 2006
Visiting Iranian president says bullying Western powers will fall
KUALA LUMPUR (AP) - Iran's president said on Friday that "bullying'' Western powers and Zionists will fall soon, and added the U.N. nuclear watchdog was politically motivated in its dealings with Tehran's nuclear programme.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also asserted that a wave of awareness is sweeping the fragmented Muslim world, and "this wave will turn into a gigantic force, and it will engulf all the existing political formulas.''
"Domination and bullying will not last much longer. Bullies and Zionists beware! You are going to fall!'' Ahmadinejad said in a public lecture in Kuala Lumpur on the last day of a three-day official visit.
He attributed most of the problems faced by the Muslim world to the "hegemonic tendencies'' of bullying powers, a clear reference to the United States and Europe.
"Nations no longer tolerate tyranny and harassment,'' he said.
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Iranian President (Left) answers a question after delivering a public lecture in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. On the right is Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar is seen in the background. - AP Photo by Vincent Thian |
Iran is under pressure from the U.N's International Atomic Energy Agency to give assurances that its nuclear programme is not meant to make atomic bombs.
Iran says it only wants to use nuclear power to generate electricity, but refuses to allow international inspections of its uranium enrichment.
"Regrettably most international organizations have turned into political organizations and the influence of great powers prevents them from taking fair and legally sound decisions,'' he said.
"IAEA's (International Atomic Energy Agency"s) treatment of the Islamic Republic of Iran is politically motivated,'' he said. - AP
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