Ahmadinejad: U.S. and Allies are "Seriously Mistaken"

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has given his response to the latest round of UN sanctions:

The U.S. and others have said the new sanctions are needed in order to change Iran's behavior and convince them to suspend nuclear activity and return to the negotiating table.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said, however, that he would do no such thing.

"If the U.S. and its allies think they could hold the stick of sanctions and then sit and negotiate with us, they are seriously mistaken," he said, according to Iran's Press TV.

Following the vote, Reuters quoted a senior Iranian official in Vienna saying Iran would not suspend its nuclear enrichment activities after the sanctions.

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