"All the world knows that the US and Britain are enemies of the Iranian nation and now they sit in the UN Security Council and act as both judge and executioner, but the era of such an order is over," Ahmadinejad said at a pre-Friday prayer sermon in Tehran university.
"This form of UN Security Council is no longer legitimate and neither are its resolutions, nobody would accept such decision-making any more," Ahmadinejad said referring to possible UN sanctions against Iran.
Due to its non-compliance with the UN Security Council resolution 1696 to suspend its uranium enrichment programme, Islamic Iran might face economic sanctions by the world body.
Ahmadinejad once again said that as signatory of the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and as a member-state of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran had the internationally acknowledged right to pursue nuclear projects and should even be helped by the IAEA to have its own nuclear fuel cycle.
"The issue could be easily settled if the West acknowledged this right rather than bothering us (with ultimatums)," he said.
Ahmadinejad reiterated that Iran would not retreat one step from its nuclear path, but was still willing to alleviate international concern though negotiations.
Iran has said that it would not accept the suspension of uranium enrichment as a precondition for talking to the UN Security Council member states and Germany.
However, it was ready to raise all issues within possible negotiations, including enrichment suspension. (DPA)
