No curbing of oil sales,says Iran Prez AP[ SUNDAY, OCTOBER 02, 2005 10:13:57 PM ]
DUBAI: Iran's president has denied telling a newspaper that his government might curtail oil sales if Iran is referred to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions over its nuclear programme.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "never had an interview, either oral or written, with the Khaleej Times," the president's office said.
The paper had reported Ahmadinejad as speaking about last month's resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency, which warned Iran it would be referred to the Security Council unless it allayed fears about its nuclear programme.
"If Iran's case is sent to the Security Council, we will respond by many ways, for example, by holding back on oil sales or limiting inspections of our nuclear facilities," Ahmadinejad said.
The president's office denied this, saying: "Such a claim is nothing more than a mere fabrication." The Khaleej Times could not contacted about the denial. But its website carried the interview without any mention of Ahmadinejad's rebuttal.
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