President downplays possibility of military attack on Iran
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, April 24, IRNA
President-Press Conference
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday downplayed the possibility of any military attack against Iran and said that such an action will be meaningless since Iran will strongly defend itself and the enemy will not venture to take such an action.
"They know that such an action is dangerous for themselves. They even do not dare to talk about military action, because they know how detrimental such a practice will be. If they make such a mistake, the situation will further worsen for them.
"Any military action on Iran will draw their economic and social situation to a disaster. They only can embark on threats over media networks in order to exert pressure on Iran. Such a threat is futile for Iran."
He said Iranian nuclear program is for civilian purpose and Iran is ready to enter into partnership with all states which possess nuclear technology.
Responding to a question on uranium enrichment and whether Iran would make enrichment over the five percent, President Ahmadinejad said that Iran does not need to enrich uranium above five percent.
Iran only needs fuel which would be available with 3.5 to five percent enrichment and nothing else.
"We need fuel for our power plants. Our entire program is geared to fuel production, that's all," the president declared.
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