Henry Imler January 16th, 2006

Iran’s president says West has a `dark ages’ mentality

Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad, the hardline president of Iran, launched an angry tirade
against the West on Saturday, accusing it of a “dark ages” mentality
and threatening retaliation unless it recognized his country’s nuclear
ambitions.

Here is is specific threat language.

“You need us more than we need you. All of you today
need the Iranian nation,” Ahmadinejad said. “Why are you putting on
airs? You don’t have that might.”

Reminding the West that it had supported the monarchical regime of
the former Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi — overthrown in the 1979
Islamic revolution — he went on: “Those same powers have done their
utmost to oppress us, but this nation, because of its dignity, has
forgiven them to a large extent. But if they persist with their present
stance, maybe the day will come when the Iranian nation will
reconsider.”

He added: “If they want to deny us our rights, we have ways to secure those rights.”

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