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WORLD / Middle East

Iran: Sanctions would be act of hostility

(AP)
Updated: 2006-12-05 15:50

SARI, Iran - Iran's president warned Washington's European allies on
Tuesday that Iran would reconsider its relations with them if they insist
on punishing Tehran for its nuclear programs, saying that would amount to
an act of "hostility."

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shakes hands with Turkish PM Recep
Tayyip Erdogan, at the start of their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday,
Dec. 3, 2006. [AP]

His comments came ahead of a meeting in Paris of diplomats from the
United States, Britain, France, China, Russia, and Germany to discuss
imposing penalties on Iran for refusing to stop uranium enrichment.

"I'm telling you in plain language that as of now on, if you try, whether
in your propaganda or at international organizations, to take steps
against the rights of the Iranian nation, the Iranian nation will
consider it an act of hostility," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a
speech before thousands in northern Iran.

"And if you insist on pursuing this path," he continued, Iran "will
reconsider its relations with you."

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