Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that his country has sufficient funding to continue in defiance of a western nation embargo, brazenly defying the international community’s demands to halt its nuclear program.

In the statement released to the press, the Iranian leader explained even if they did not sell oil for two to three years, Tehran can ride out the storm.

The Iranian leader’s message came a short time after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other senior officials on Capitol Hill warned that the window of opportunity for a diplomatic solution regarding Iran’s nuclear program was running out.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)