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Iran's leader defiant
Last Modified: 08 Mar 2006
By:
Lindsey Hilsum
Iran's President accuses the west of speaking with forked tongues and bullying over the nuclear crisis.

Iranian President Ahmadinejad gestures in Khorramabad. (Reuters)
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In Tehran today, the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been giving a defiant speech to supporters.
He warned if anyone tried to violate his country's rights then Iran would "leave the blot of shame of regret on their forehead".
Fiery talk indeed. Our international editor Lindsey Hilsum is in Tehran.




