Ahmadinejad comments come as discussions continue by the United States, Russia, China and the European troika - France, Germany and the UK - over a third round of U.N. Security Council's sanctions against Iran for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.
"Those who think, that by using such decayed methods as psychological warfare and economic sanctions, they can stop the Iranian nation's progress are mistaken," he said at an annual
military parade to commemorate the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.
In an apparent display of Iran's military might, the parade featured a variety of domestically-produced weaponry, including two advanced Saegheh fighters.
Western countries suspect Iran of pursuing a secret nuclear weapons program, but the Islamic Republic says it wants nuclear power for peaceful purposes only and has recently intensified cooperation with the IAEA by inviting weapons inspectors to visit a 40-MW heavy water reactor in Arak in late July.
Amid mounting frustration over Iran's refusal to halt its nuclear program, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner provoked anger in the Islamic Republic in a hawkish interview broadcast on French TV and radio last Sunday, saying that if Tehran develops an atom bomb, "we must prepare ourselves for the worst," adding: "the worst means war."
Ahmadinejad reiterated Saturday that during the entire history of the Islamic Republic the "enemies" failed to break the will of the Iranian people and any further attempts to do so would certainly fail, as well.
The Iranian president is due to arrive in New York on Sunday to address the upcoming United Nations General Assembly. He is also scheduled to speak at a Columbia University question-and-answer forum on Monday.
