Iran blames US for sanctions

Rules out Israeli attack:

Iran: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blamed the United States for proposing new sanctions against his country for approval by the UN Security Council and considered that an Israeli military attack was improbable.

Ahmadinejad said that the fourth package of punitive measures approved by the UN last June was due to "hard lobbying" by the US in its efforts to hinder the Iranian nuclear program.

"We find the US responsible for the resolution, because the Security Council is under its influence," the president said, and added that the White House has treated Teheran with the same hostility for over 50 years.

Despite the tense regional climate, worsened by the presence of US and Israeli warships, Ahmadinejad ruled out the possibility of an Israeli attack, affirming that "no country will dare launch an offensive" against Iran. Teheran, Prensa Latin