Ahmadinejad condems EU bank freeze in row over nuclear programme

Tehran, June 27 (SPA) - Iran should stand firm in the nuclear
dispute despite new sanctions by the European Union, President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad was quoted by DPA as saying on Thursday.

"We should stand firm and build Iran with all our capabilities -
even if they (West) succeeded to close all doors, the Iranian nation
would just get more decisive," Ahmadinejad said in a speech in
Kermanshah, Western Iran, published by Iran's official news agency
IRNA.

The EU on Monday decided to freeze the overseas assets of Iran's
Melli Bank and expand a travel ban because of the Islamic state's
refusal to stop enriching uranium, despite several United
Nations Security Council resolutions.

"The enemies will never succeed to block Iran's move in the
nuclear issue which has become a symbol of Iranian victory," the
president said. "Using the language of force means that they (the
West) have reached the end of the line," he added.

Tehran on Tuesday condemned the bank freeze, the latest sanction
in the dispute over Iran's nuclear programme.

The state-run bank is Iran's largest financial institute, with
overseas offices in several countries, among them Germany, France,
Britain, Russia and the United Arab Emirates.