Iranian president on Thursday called Israel "a tyrannical regime that will one day will be destroyed," but also said he was ready to negotiate with the United States and its allies over Tehran's nuclear development.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a cheering crowd of students in the Indonesian capital that it is every country's right to use new technology to meet energy needs. According to the AP, he stated his country was willing to negotiate, but that the United States first must change its "bad attitude."
"We are not only defending our rights, we are defending the rights of many other countries," he said. "By maintaining our position, we are defending our independence."
The Iranian leader told Indonesia's Metro TV station earlier Thursday he was unconcerned about the possibility of U.N. sanctions, saying the West had more to lose than Iran did if the country was isolated. "We do not need to be dependent on others," he said.
