Ahmadinejad praises Iran's influence in international arena
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Ahmadinejad: Iran like a train without brakes
Several hours before leaving for UN conference on racism in Geneva, Iranian president says 'all the enemies' attempts' to hurt his country are doomed to fail
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
said Sunday that his country's development and progress were like "a train without brakes and without reverse gear."
Speaking at a conference of senior police and government officials, Ahmadinejad stressed that Iran's
enemies' attempts to hurt the Islamic republic's national sovereignty, independence, security and the choices made by it people – were doomed to fail.
The Iranian leader made the remark several hours before leaving for Geneva to attend a United Nations conference on racism.
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The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported that Ahmadinejad also said that the Iranian authorities must prepare to block the enemies' schemes.
According to the Iranian report, the Iranian president said his country was committed to building an exemplary moderate society, based on values of justice, peace and friendship.
He praised Iran's influence in the international arena, saying it was a leading country in the fields of science, research, culture, ethics, politics and economy.
On Saturday, in a speech delivered in Tehran in honor of Army Day, Ahmadinejad stated that "there's no one threatening us."
In his speech, which was particularly short and did not include the usual threats appearing in his previous addresses, the Iranian president stressed, "Our country is one of the strongest in the region, and there is no one who dares threaten us. The courage to pose a threat to the Iranian nation has been terminated for good," he said.
The London-based Time newspaper reported Saturday that while Iran and the United States continue to draw closer on the diplomatic level, Israel continues to prepare with full force to attack Iran's nuclear facilities.
According to a senior defense official quoted in the article, "Israel wants to know that if its forces were given the green light they could strike at Iran in a matter of days, even hours. They are making preparations on every level for this eventuality. The message to Iran is that the threat is not just words.”
