Ahmadinejad attacks ‘fake superpowers’ in nuclear row

IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday mocked international calls for Iran to rein in its nuclear programme after US President George W Bush said the world must prevent it from making a nuclear bomb.

Iran denies seeking the bomb, but faces the prospect of being taken to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions.

The council’s five permanent members, including a reluctant Russia and China, this week agreed to ask the UN nuclear watchdog to report Iran to New York immediately.