Iranâs hard-line President Mahmood Ahmadinejad put his proposed Cabinet to Parliament yesterday, lashing out at the West and liberalism and promising a government that will âpromote virtue and prohibit vice.â | We've even formed a committee to do just that!" |
It was a clear reference to threats against Iran in the wake of Tehranâs decision to resume sensitive nuclear work earlier this month. The clerical regime has refused to return to a full freeze of nuclear fuel work - the focus of fears the country is seeking atomic weapons. Ahmadinejad also vowed a more assertive trade policy. âCurrently we are importing from some countries billions of dollars whereas they are not buying our oil and they are also not buying our products,â he said in a speech one MP described as âmore about ideals than strategiesâ.
âThese countries should be thankful to us because we are helping their economic boom, but they are not thankful and are looking at us as if we were indebted to them,â the 49-year-old former commando told the conservative-controlled assembly.
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