updated 5:43 p.m. ET, Tues., Feb. 16, 2010
TEHRAN, Iran – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday any country that tried to impose new sanctions on Iran would regret its actions, as the United States, France and Russia voiced concern about Tehran’s nuclear program.
Ahmadinejad was speaking a day after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought oil giant Saudi Arabia’s support to help win Chinese backing for additional sanctions. Clinton said a new round of sanctions should target Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
“Iran will retaliate … of course, if somebody acts against Iran our response will definitely be firm enough … (to) make them regretful,” Ahmadinejad told a news conference, without elaborating. “Sanctions will not harm Iran.”
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