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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at the new sanctions imposed on his country by the UN Security Council, saying it will continue to pursue its uranium enrichment programme. "These resolutions are not worth a dime for the Iranian nation," said Ahmadinejad after the vote was unannounced. "The resolutions you issue are like a used hanky which should be thrown in the dust bin."
US President Barack Obama earlier said the "toughest-ever" measures "sent an unmistakable message about the international community's commitment to stopping the spread of nuclear weapons".
The resolution was adopted by 12 votes with both Brazil and Turkey voting against the sanctions and Lebanon abstaining.
Brazilian President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva said that the vote was a Pyrrhic victory and "weakened the UN Security Council".
China and Russia voted in favour of the sanctions, but only after the measures were watered down to protect their economic interests in Iran.
The sanctions began to have an immediate effect. Russia is freezing a contract to deliver S-300 air defence missiles to Tehran, according to Interfax news agency.
Iran's atomic energy chief Vice-President Ali Akbar Salehi spoke out against regular ally China's vote for the sanctions.
"China is gradually losing its respectable position in the Islamic world and by the time it wakes up, it will be too late," he said.
While China did vote for sanctions, it reaffirmed its ties with Tehran.
"China highly values relations with Iran and feels they are condicive to regional peace, stability and development," said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Qin Gang on Thursday.
Ahmadinejad is scheduled to arrive in Shanghai on Thursday for talks.
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IRAN AND ITS PLANS
THE IRANIAN FASCISTS,LIKE ALL DESPOTS OF THE RIGHT,OR LEFT,UNDERSTAND,RESPECT,FEAR AND REACT TO ONLY ONE STIMULUS-THE USE,OR THREATENED USE,OF MASSIVE FORCE,WHICH WOULD TOPPLE THEIR TENUOUS HOLD ON THE PEOPLE OF IRAN,A REGIME BASED SOLELY ON TERROR!OBAMA ,AND HIS COTERIE OF LIBERAL EUNUCHS,BOTH IN THE US GOVT,AND THEIR WEAK FELLOW TRAVELERS ABROAD, EITHER DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS,OR ARE AFRAID TO CARRY IT OUT-THUS REPEATING THE TRAGEDY OF THE MUNICH CONFERENCE OF 1938-ALLOWING HITLER,OR ANY OTHER TYRANT WITH IMPERIALISTIC GOALS,LIKE THE SHIITE ISLAMOFASCISTS SLAVEMASTERS OF IRAN ,TO PROCEED ,UNHINDERED, DOWN THEIR TERRORISTIC PATH OF NUCLEAR WARHEAD AND MISSILE DEVELOPMENT,AFRAID TO ACT NOW,WHEN WE CAN STILL RATHER EASILY DERAIL THEIR RESEARCH,DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT EFFORTS IN THEIR STILL FORMATIVE STAGES,AND OUR BLIND AND CRIMINALLY COWARDLY INACTION WILL SOON LEAD TO GLOBAL TRAGEDY ONCE THEY INEVITABLY HAVE FULLY DEVELOPED THEIR SINISTER NUCLEAR CAPACITIES-YOU CAN PAY ME NOW,WHILE THE PRICE IS STILL RELATIVELY CHEAP,OR LATER,WHEN THE PRICE IS GLOBAL NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION!
So much for "Change" Mr
So much for "Change" Mr Obama.
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