Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave a warm welcome Friday to a
key report on his country's nuclear program by the U.N. watchdog and
criticized Western governments for basing their policies on the "wrong
information."
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed
"ElBaradei's report was relatively realistic and to a great extent free
from the pressure of some big powers," state television quoted
Ahmadinejad as saying on its Web site.
"You (Western countries) have now found out that the
information, based on which you adopted resolutions, was wrong,"
Ahmadinejad said. "Now you have to be brave and come forward and say we
made a mistake."
He was referring to two separate resolutions adopted by the
U.N. Security Council imposing sanctions on Iran for failing to heed
ultimatums to suspend uranium enrichment.
In its report released Thursday, the U.N. nuclear watchdog
said Iran was still defying the ultimatums to suspend uranium
enrichment but said it had made some progress in revealing the extent
of its nuclear program.