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September 22, 2007

Ahmadinejad Says Sanctions Will Not Stop Iran
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1998111:A6F02AD83191E16061E6C0424E765D849574F7DCC14957C0 Iranian leader
spoke day after US hosted high-level diplomatic meeting to discuss
possibility of imposing new UN sanctions against Iran in nuclear
dispute Iran's president says sanctions will not succeed in stopping
the country's nuclear progress.







Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (file photo)Speaking Saturday at an annual parade
to mark the anniversary of the 1980 to 1988 war with Iraq, President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said those who think psychological warfare and
sanctions could stop Iran's drive toward progress are mistaken.

The Iranian leader spoke a day after the United States hosted a
high-level diplomatic meeting to discuss the possibility of imposing
new United Nations sanctions against Iran in the nuclear dispute.

A State Department spokesman, Tom Casey, said delegates from the U.S.,
Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany discussed elements of a
U.N. resolution, as well as possibilities of continued dialogue with
Iran.

Also Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and French
Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said they agree on the need for new
sanctions against Iran.







Condoleezza Rice and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner talk
with reporters during a joint news conference at State Department, 21
Sept 2007Kouchner mentioned a three-pronged approach, with the United
Nations, U.N. nuclear agency, the International Atomic Energy Agency,
and the European Union, using economic pressure to try to resolve the
nuclear issue.

Rice and Kouchner spoke at a joint news conference in Washington
Friday.

The United States and its allies say Iran's nuclear enrichment program
is aimed at building nuclear weapons. Tehran says it is for civilian
purposes only.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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