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Iran's leader defiant

Updated on 08 March 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

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.

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