Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad helda press conference Sunday – his second in 24 hours – amid growing unrest following his victory in Friday's presidential elections .
Earlier in the day, renewed altercations broke out in the country as 200 supporters of pro-reform presidential challenger MirHossein Mousavi clashed with police in Tehran.
Tens of thousands of people were thought to have taken part in the post-election riots andfatalities had been reported. In response, one senior police official said that "a number of disruptive organizations would be arrested soon."
"The Iranian public hates lies and injustice and is resistant to the psychological warfare inthe media," he said. Ahmadinejad also blamed the Western media for broadcasting "made-up news" as part of its anti-Iranian propaganda.
Ahmadinejad slammed the West for "expecting our nation to cave in to its propaganda. The world must realize that the Iranian people are smart and the Iranian nation is aware of its goals.
"The Iranian people have expressed their desire in an election. In a liberal democracy you have several parties that rule the people – here it is the people who rule. The Iranian nation will not let others determine its fate.
"Forty million people took part in this election and I don’t understand how the foreign media can doubt the results. They don’t know the Iranian people. I trust the results are accurate," he said.
Iran, he continued "haste lies, injustice and aggression. This nation has never infringed on any other nation's rights and it opposes selfish actions."
Roee Nahmias contributed to this report