(AP) Iran's president warned Thursday the West will suffer more than his country if it tries to stop Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's comments came as Tehran struck an increasingly threatening tone, with the top Iranian delegate to the UN nuclear agency warning a day earlier that the U.S. will face "harm and pain" if the Security Council becomes involved. Some diplomats saw the comments as a veiled threat to use oil as a weapon, though Iran's oil minister ruled out any decrease in production. Iran also has leverage with extremist groups in the Middle East that could harm U.S. interests.
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