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| Iran calls sanctions a 'rusty weapon' |
| 2006-10-08 |
| Iran's Foreign Ministry on Sunday called a threat of international sanctions a "rusty" weapon and said the country would not abandon uranium enrichment. "Both officials and people in Iran have always viewed threats for sanctions as a rusty and derelict weapon," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said at a weekly news briefing. "They are accustomed to the threats." Although he reiterated Iran's determination to continue with uranium enrichment, Hosseini said "negotiation is the best way." Hosseini said European-Iranian negotiations, which had been seen as a final attempt to avoid a full-blown confrontation between Tehran and the Security Council, would be resumed but did not give specifics. |
| Posted by:Fred |