A defiant President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday Iran was ready to face more sanctions and would not bow to pressure in meeting any deadline set by world powers over its nuclear programme.
"No one can impose sanctions on Iran anymore. We welcome sanctions. We have given our proposed package," Ahmadinejad told reporters after parliament strongly backed 18 of the 21 members of his proposed new cabinet.
He was referring to Tehran's package of proposals that would form the basis of fresh talks with world powers over its nuclear drive.
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili told AFP on Thursday that the updated package would be delivered to world powers "in the coming week."
Ahmadinejad's chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, meanwhile announced that the president will go later this month to the UN General Assembly meeting in New York "to encourage Iranian views in managing the world."
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