Ahmadinejad, in a speech in the Western province of Khuzestan today, added that Iran would not give in to pressure over its nuclear program.
The UN Security Council last month approved limited sanctions on Iran over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment. Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful, but Western countries suspect it of trying to develop nuclear weapons.
(IRNA, AFP)
Iran And China
TWO REEMERGING CULTURES: At a joint RFE/RL-Radio Free Asia briefing at RFE/RL's Washington, D.C., office on November 9, John Calabrese -- scholar in residence at the Middle East Institute who teaches foreign policy at American University -- discussed the growing ties between China and Iran in the context of China's economic boom and its overall relations with the Middle East. He also looked at potential sore points in the two countries' bilateral relations.
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