Ahmadinejad plays down effectiveness of western sanctions
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad played down the effectiveness of
the US-led western sanctions against Iran, and said that the
Iranian nation will not give in its indispensible right to nuclear
technology under the West's pressures, IRNA news agency
reported.
President Ahmadinejad made the remarks in his first meeting with
the Iranian lawmakers in the new Iranian year.
'The Iranian nation has proved that it will not quit its principles and ideals under the pressures and psychological war,' Ahmadinejad said.
He noted that the government and parliament should have consensus in order to be able to overcome the pressures.