Iran says 'does not need' nukes to beat US threat

TEHRAN: Iran 'does not need an atomic bomb' to confront the United States, preferring to use its wits to see off US threats, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, according to state media.

"If America wants to confront the Iranian nation, it will certainly regret the Iranian nation's response," Ahmadinejad said, warning Iran would not accept any accusation against its nuclear programme, the IRNA news agency reported.

"History has shown that anyone acting against the Iranian nation regrets it," he added in comments carried by the website of state broadcaster IRIB. (AFP)