Iran threatens to hit back as EU tightens nuclear programme sanctions
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad promises ’strong response’ after more stringent measures are imposed to halt uranium enrichment
Iran has told the EU it will “regret” imposing its toughest economic sanctions yet to force Tehran to halt uranium enrichment and return to negotiations about its nuclear programme.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s president, promised today that the Islamic republic would “respond strongly to any threat” hours before EU foreign ministers were to meet in Brussels to approve the sanctions. EU officials and independent analysts have described the sanctions as the “toughest ever” against any country, going beyond what was agreed by the UN security council last month.
The measure that…
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