Ahmadinejad talks of war in New York

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has described his interviews during his US trip as ‘war,’ calling American journalists the representatives of Washington officials.

“These interviews were in reality war and true battles because despite their claims about the freedom of press, they (the reporters) talked on behalf of American officials,” Ahmadinejad said in the gathering of Friday Prayers leaders on Wednesday.

Ahmadinejad said the awareness of the American nation has significantly increased, leaving the US government and global hegemony confused and passive.

The Iranian president described psychological war as the most important tool of the international hegemony in confronting countries especially Iran.

“They intend to crush us through psychological war and to do this they exploit the statements used by certain people in the country in their efforts” Ahmadinejad said.

“But the [Islamic] Revolution’s true followers will undoubtedly prevent the enemy from realizing its objectives.”

In my visit to New York they used all their media and propaganda capabilities to portray a defeated Iran, Ahmadinejad added.

“Therefore, we announce that the sanctions have had no effect on the Iranian nation, and whatever audacity you want to commit two years from now, do it now,” the Iranian president said in reference to enemy threats to attack Iran in two years if sanctions fail.

The United States and its ally, Israel, have in the past few years repeatedly threatened to launch a military attack against Iran over accusations that Tehran is developing nuclear weapons.

Iran says its nuclear program is completely peaceful and within the framework of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, to which it is a signatory.

Iranian officials have warned that any act of aggression by the US and Israel against Iran’s nuclear facilities will be firmly responded to and can result in a war that would spread beyond the Middle East.