Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: "Iran to respond if sanctions are imposed"

"If they (West) want to impose restrictions on us, we shall also respond with restrictions," the Iranian chief executive warned. He also promised "to nail to the wall" a statement of the UN Security Council if it contains a threat to Iran's interests. "If international organizations operate irrespective of laws and the will of other states, speak the language of force as before, and take decisions, containing any threats to Iran's interests, we shall nail their statements to the wall," the Iranian president said, as quoted by the ISNA national news agency.

According to Russia's Itar-Tass news agency, Ahmadinejad lashed out at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the UN Security Council, noting that "if their functions lie only in interpreting words of some powers which speak from the position of strength, Iran does not need them".