Iran welcomes showdown on deadline day - CTV.ca

Updated Thu. Aug. 31 2006 11:58 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff On the day the United Nations deadline to stop enriching uranium expires, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took a strong stance in defiance of the order. Ahmadinejad said Iran will not be bullied by threats of international sanctions. "The Iranian nation will not accept for one moment any bullying, invasion and violation of its rights," he told a large crowd in the northwestern city of Orumiyeh on Thursday. Later in the day the world reacted ...