Hans Rustad President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad avviste hånlig det siste forhandlingstilbudet fra EU-3 landene, til tross for at det inneholder løfter om at Iran kan beholde en lettvannsreaktor.
Only a day earlier, European nations said they might add a light-water reactor to a package of incentives meant to persuade Tehran to permanently give up enrichment.
But Ahmadinejad heaped scorn on the offer in the nationally televised speech Wednesday.
«They say they want to offer us incentives,» he said. «We tell them: keep the incentives as a gift for yourself. We have no hope of anything good from you.»
His defiance was met with shouts of, «We love you Ahmadinejad!» from the crowd.
Ahmadinejad gjorde det samme i august. Da hadde også EU-3 arbeidet hele sommeren på et forhandlingstilbud: Han avviste det før det var skikkelig presentert. Det kan nesten virke som om Ahmadinejad ønsker å trappe opp konflikten, og ønsker en konfrontasjon.
On Wednesday, Ahmadinejad underlined Iran’s determination to continue enrichment and scolded the Europeans for what he viewed as doing the dirty work of the Americans.
«We recommend that you not sacrifice your interests for the sake of others,» he said.
Ahmadinejad also reissued his threat to pull out of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
