Tehran Iran will not make any concessions with the world powers, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday, following a new move to get Iran talking on its nuclear programme. "The new government will not give any advantage to the enemies of the Iranian nation," Ahmadinejad said in meeting with governors in Tehran.
Ahmadinejad made the remarks after French President Nicolas Sarkozy said at the Group of Eight (G8) summit in Italy that world powers would give Iran until a meeting of Group of 20 (G20) leading economies in the US in September to respond to a US offer of direct talks on the Iranian nuclear programme.
The participation of 40 million people in the (June 12 presidential) election has increased Irans power and they (world powers) will hence be forced to cope with the new government," Ahmadinejad said.
Ahmadinejads re-election is highly disputed as the opposition led by Mir-Hossein Moussavi has accused him and his government of election fraud and have not acknowledged his re-election.
