Medvedev ”mouthpiece” of Iran enemies: Ahmadinejad

TEHRAN: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has dubbed his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev the “mouthpiece” of Iran”s enemies, in the latest tirade born of rising differences between Tehran and Moscow.

“In a meeting with his ambassadors, Medvedev said we have knowledge that Iran is moving towards the bomb,” Ahmadinejad was shown saying in footage broadcast by state television on Saturday.

“We regret that Medvedev has become the mouthpiece for the plans of Iran”s enemies,” the Iranian president said in the footage filmed at a gathering in Tehran on Friday.