Tehran: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
on Wednesday warned his US counterpart Barack Obama of a
"tooth-breaking" response, as he condemned Washington`s new
nuclear policy.
"I hope these published comments are not true... he
(Obama) has threatened with nuclear and chemical weapons those
nations which do not submit to the greed of the United
States," Ahmadinejad said in speech broadcast live on state
television.
"Be careful. If you set step in Mr (George W.) Bush`s
path, the nations` response would be the same tooth-breaking
one as they gave Bush," he said.
The United States unveiled new limits on the nation`s
nuclear arsenal yesterday, saying it would only use atomic
weapons in "extreme circumstances" and would not attack
non-nuclear states.
In a policy shift, the United States said for the first
time that countries without atomic weapons that complied with
non-proliferation treaty obligations need not fear a US
nuclear attack.
But Obama warned exceptions could be made for "outliers"
such as Iran and North Korea, both accused by the West of
flouting UN resolutions.
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