Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday lashed out at
"traitors," who he said were pressuring the government over its
nuclear program, the official IRNA news agency reported.
"If domestic agents do not abandon their pressures regarding
nuclear issues, they will be exposed to the Iranian nation,"
Ahmadinejad told students, professors and officials of Iran's
University of Science and Technology in eastern Tehran.
"They are traitors. We, due to our commitment to the nation,
will not cave in and we will not remain onlookers," the Iranian
president said.
"Due to some sensitivities, no measure will be taken, but after
settlement of the nuclear issue, the nation will be briefed about
everything," he added.
Some reformists and moderates inside Iran have criticized
Ahmadinejad in recent months for his handling of Iran's nuclear
program, warning against the "serious threats" facing the
country.
The United States and some other Western countries allege Iran
may try to develop atomic bombs under a civilian cover, however
Tehran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes
only.
The UN Security Council has already issued two sanction
resolutions against Iran's nuclear program since last December, but
both of them failed to persuade the Islamic Republic to give up
uranium enrichment work.
(Xinhua News Agency November 13, 2007)
