Speaker lambastes Security Council resolution

4 October 2008

Qom-Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani here on Friday criticized the recent anti-Iran resolution adopted by the UN Security Council.

Addressing a large group of people gathered in a mosque in this holy city, he said if the other side changes its attitude towards the Iranian nation, the people will react positively.

The Iranian nation will not retreat from its legitimate rights and will not heed pressures and bullying, he said, adding that the Iranian people will sit at negotiation table in a logical atmosphere.

The Iranian nation has never violated rights of other nations and have always resisted to oppression and hegemony.

The Iranian people will give a crushing response to any country wishing to violate the Islamic Republic's legal rights, the Majlis speaker reiterated.

He said that the world should know that the will and resistance of the Iranian nation cannot be affected by launching threats and waging psychological wars.

He further reiterated the inalienable right of the Iranian nation to produce peaceful nuclear energy.