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Iranian Leader Calls Bush a 'Wicked Man'
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
SHAHR-E-KORD, Iran -- Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called
President Bush a "wicked man" Wednesday. Addressing thousands of
people in this central city, he said Bush had set out to damage Iran
but failed to halt its nuclear program and would not succeed in his
goal of attacking the Islamic republic.
"This wicked man desires to harm the Iranian nation. (Bush) made
plans, moved into Afghanistan and then Iraq, and announced that Iran
was the third target," Ahmadinejad said.
"I tell him ... your era has come to an end. With the grace of God,
you won't be able to harm even one centimeter of the sacred land of
Iran."
Bush on Wednesday repeated his stance that no options were ruled out
in trying to get Iran to drop its nuclear ambitions. At a joint news
conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, he said: "My first
choice is to solve this diplomatically, but all options are on the
table."
Bush, who has seven months left in office, said he won promises from
fellow leaders in the European Union to tighten pressure on Tehran
with more U.N. sanctions and possibly other penalties.
Ahmadinejad said coercive measures won't force Iran to suspend uranium
enrichment.
"In the past two, three years, they employed all their might, resorted
to propaganda ... and sanctions. If the enemy thinks they can break
the Iranian nation with pressure, they are wrong ... With God's help,
today we have achieved victory and the enemies cannot do a damned
thing," he said.
The U.S. and some of its allies accuse Iran of trying to develop
nuclear weapons. Iran denies that, saying its atomic program is aimed
at using nuclear reactors to generate electricity.
The U.N. Security Council has imposed three sets of limited sanctions
against Iran for refusing to halt uranium enrichment, a technology
that can both produce nuclear fuel and turn out the material needed
for nuclear warheads.
Iran has not only continued enriching uranium, but says it has
expanded its uranium enrichment program, installing more centrifuges
used to enrich uranium.
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