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Amid a White House campaign to drum up
support for new anti-Iran sanctions, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
warned on Tuesday that world powers would "regret" any moves against the
country.

"If anybody seeks to create problems for Iran, our response will not
be like before," Ahmadinejad told a press conference in the capital
city of Tehran.

"Something will be done in response that will make them [the world
powers] regret [their action]," he said. "However, we prefer they steer
towards cooperation [with Iran]."

The remarks came as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was
wrapping up her visit to the Middle East, where she stopped in Qatar and
Saudi Arabia to seek the backing of the Arab world's heavyweights
against Tehran's nuclear drive.

Iran says its nuclear program is directed at the civilian
applications of the technology and has called for the removal of all
weapons of mass destruction around the globe.

The West, however, accuses the country of seeking military means in
its pursuit. The United States has spearheaded efforts to slap new UN
Security Council sanctions against Iran, after the country announced the
production of the first batch of 20-percent enriched uranium to make
fuel for a medical research reactor in Tehran.

At the conference, President Ahmad... >>>