'Iran can defend itself without nuclear weapons'

“Iran can defend itself without nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are of no use anymore and have no place in current international equations. Could the Soviet Union's stockpile of nuclear weapons prevent its collapse? Have they been of any assistance to the US military in its wars against Afghanistan and Iraq?”

"Atomic bombs couldn't secure a victory for the Zionist regime in the Lebanon and Gaza wars,” Ahmadinejad said.

It would be advisable for those countries that are accusing Iran of having a clandestine nuclear weapons program to take a look at their own nuclear arsenals, he observed.

Ahmadinejad went on to say that NATO's eastward expansion is meant to contain Russia's influence.

He suggested that Moscow expand its cooperation with regional countries to prevent outsiders from threatening regional security.

/Press TV/