AHN November 12, 2007
Ahmadinejad: Iranians That Criticize Country's Nuclear Program Are 'Traitors'
By Einnor Mendoza
Tehran, Iran (AHN) - Condemning those in Iran who have disapproved of its nuclear programme, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had called them 'traitors' who are pressuring the government on the issue.
Ahmadinejad had threatened to "expose them to the Iranian nation" should they not stop such pressures "over the atomic issues" but added he had chosen not to reveal their names. Citing "some sensitivities" as reason, he said he would "upon closure of the nuclear issue" identify the "internal elements."
"They sent people to the enemy to regularly give them information from within the ruling system every week. We even have a recorded speech of one of them who tells the enemy: 'Why should you give up?... Step up pressure to make [Iran] retreat'," Ahmadinejad said during a speech at the Science and Technology University in Tehran, the capital and largest city of Iran.
Ahmadinejad said he is not inclined to stop Iran's nuclear program.
The President's political rivals and a number of clerics have warned of the serious threats being faced by Iraq because of the program.
Last October, Ali Larijani, former top nuclear negotiator of the country, resigned over alleged disagreements with the President on how to continue with the nuclear issue, BBC News reported.
Iran's nuclear program includes a plan to construct 20 nuclear power reactors, GlobalSecurity.org reported.
It is believed that other countries in the region would be pressured to do the same should Iran be able to acquire atomic bombs, globalsecurity.org reported.
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