Ahmadinejad: new sanctions against Iran will not stop country from developing its nuclear program

PanARMENIAN.Net - New sanctions against Iran will not stop the country from developing its nuclear program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday.



Ahmadinejad comments come as discussions continue by the United States, Russia, China and the European troika - France, Germany and the UK - over a third round of UN Security Council's sanctions against Iran for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.



"Those who think, that by using such decayed methods as psychological warfare and economic sanctions, they can stop the Iranian nation's progress are mistaken," he said at an annual military parade to commemorate the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.



He also called on the U.S. and allies to withdraw troops from Iraq.



The UN Security Council has twice passed resolutions on imposing sanctions on Iran over its continued failure to suspend its uranium enrichment program.



The US representative to the UN, Zalmay Khalilzad said a draft resolution providing for a more severe set of sanctions will be introduced within several weeks, RIA Novosti reports.