Iran vows to go ahead with nukes
Foreign Desk Report

TEHERAN—Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defiantly brushed off Western concerns about its nuclear program, in a feisty speech on Saturday marking the 25th anniversary of a revolutionary militia.
In remarks aimed at countries “which are suspicious of Iran’s nuclear activities,” Ahmadinejad demanded: “Who has given you the right to prevent Iran from acquiring the nuclear technology”?
Ahmadinejad was speaking to thousands of the voluntary Basij militia on the 25th anniversary of the corps created by Islamic revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to defend the country during the 1980-1988 war with Iraq.
“You have no rights to ask questions” about Iran’s nuclear activities, he thundered.
In his speech, Ahmadinejad also pointed an accusing finger at ”the ones in Iran who ask us to compromise and make concessions”.
“The Iranian nation has crushed them under their feet and will defend its nuclear rights with wisdom, power and unity,” he said.