Larijani Blames Zionist Lobby for Iran's Sanctions Resolution, Ahmadinejad Downplays it

Speaker Blames Zionist Lobby for Iran's Sanctions Resolution

27 Jumada Al-Thani 1431 / Thursday, 10 June 2010 / 20 Khordad 1389 a

Tehran - 20:00 / GMT - 15:30

TEHRAN (FNA)-

Iranian Parliament Speaker, Ali Larijani, took the Zionist lobby responsible for the approval of a fresh set of sanctions against Tehran at the UN Security Council Wednesday night.

After the UN Security Council voted in favor of imposing fresh sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program, Iran's parliament speaker said the US game against Iran was being spearheaded by the "Zionist lobby, censuring the US for its stance on the issue.

"We are regretful that the US is playing a naive game in New York these days," Larijani said in a meeting with his Omani counterpart Ali Al-Isai in Tehran on Wednesday.

The Iranian official went on to praise Oman for supporting Iran's nuclear rights, saying "Our Omani friends have a clear and accurate stance on Iran's nuclear program."

The remarks were made after the United States moved firmly away from the Obama administration's promise of diplomatic engagement with Iran and pushed through a new round of UNSC sanctions against the country.

As a result, the 15-member UN Security Council, except Turkey, Brazil and Lebanon, voted in favor of approving a fourth round of sanctions against Iran on Wednesday.

Ahmadinejad Downplays New UN Resolution against Iran

27 Jumada Al-Thani 1431 / Thursday 10 Jun 2010 / 20 Khordad 1389 a

Tehran - 20:04 / GMT - 15:34

TEHRAN (FNA)-

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad played down the effectiveness of the new UN Security Council's sanctions resolution against the country, stressing that the measure cannot inflict any damage on the Iranian nation.

"Those who posses the atomic bombs themselves both use and stockpile the nuclear weapons while threatening the others with them, now resort to the pretext that Iran might in the future manufacture atomic bombs and pass resolutions against us every now and then," Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday during his visit to Tajikistan.

"I sent a message to one of them, telling him "These resolutions that you pass resemble used napkins that need to be thrown to the garbage can,"" Ahmadinejad added.

"They are not capable of inflicting any damage against the Iranian nation," the president emphasized.

The US-proposed resolution was passed with 12 votes on Wednesday after UNSC member states Brazil and Turkey voted against the new sanctions and Lebanon abstained from voting.

Iran, a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), insists that its nuclear program is solely directed at the civilian applications of the technology

"The political scene has become the scene for cheating, aggression, and expansionism, because under such conditions the ethical values, love and social relations are cast aside," he added.

Ahmadinejad Arrives in China

27 Jumada Al-Thani 1431 / Thursday 10 Jun 2010 / 20 Khordad 1389 a

Tehran - 20:00 / GMT - 15:30

TEHRAN (FNA)-

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in China on Thursday to attend a ceremony marking Iran's National Day at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai.

President Ahmadinejad on the third leg of his three-nation tour on Thursday left Dushanbe, Tajikistan, for Shanghai.

The Iranian president was officially seen off by his Tajik counterpart Imomali Rakhmon before his departure for China.

Ahmadinejad arrived in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, to take part in the World Water Conference in the country.

At the conference, the Iranian President presented Tehran's views on water preservation, protection and appropriate consumption.

He also held talks with President Rakhmon as well as other Tajik officials on the issues of mutual interest as well as international and regional questions.

Prior to his flight to Tajikistan, President Ahmadinejad visited Turkey to participate in the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) that started in the capital city of Turkey on June 8.

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