[ADN Kronos] (AKI) Iranian president Mahmoud Short RoundAhmadinejad called member states of the United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society Security Council "political retards" for continuing to believe that sanctions against his country were still effective, Iranian Labour News Agency reported on Friday.
"The officials of those countries who in the third millennium still think sanctions are an effective means are politically retarded," ILNA quoted Ahmadinejad as saying during a visit to Istanbul.
The UN Security Council has punished Iran with a fourth round of sanctions for refusing to curb a nuclear programme it worries is for the development of nuclear weapons.
Ahmadinejad says his country is enriching uranium for peaceful purposes and has steadfastly refused to yield to international pressure. However,
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he has agreed to talks.
The nuclear meeting between Security Council members and the Islamic Theocratic
Republicare due to be held at the end of January.