THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Iran's president and foreign minister lashed back Tuesday at recent harsh criticism by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, vowing to continue the higher-grade enrichment that has spooked Western powers unless they provide nuclear fuel for a medical reactor on Iran's terms.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Western powers would "regret" any sanctions move against the country. It was unclear whether Mr. Ahmadinejad was talking specifically about retaliation for economic sanctions, but state media late Tuesday suggested that's what he meant. Press TV, the English-language, state-run news agency, ran a headline saying, "Ahmadinejad Warns Sanctions Would Have Consequences."
"If anybody seeks to create problems for Iran, our response will not be like before," the Iranian president told a press conference in the capital, Tehran, on Tuesday. "Something will be done in response that will make them regret it." >>> Chip Cummins and Farnaz Fassihi | Tuesday, February 16, 2010
