Iran pledges 'crushing' response to US scepticism

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pledged a “crushing” response to continued US condemnation of his nation’s crackdown on postelection protest, saying today that President Barack Obama’s criticism revealed his insincerity about improving relations.

Mr Ahmadinejad – with his internal opponents virtually silenced – all but dared Mr Obama to keep calling for an end to repression of demonstrators who claim the hardline leader stole re-election through massive fraud.