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Parliamentary presidium member Musa Qorbani told ISNA on September 15 that there is no logic to the "hostility" of Western states to Iran's program.

President George W Bush has publicly accused Iran of seeking a nuclear bomb. Mr Sarkozy's remarks were strikingly similar to those of Mr Bush, and Mr Chirac said that if Iran 'tried to drop a bomb' (on Israel) , Teheran would immediately be "razed".

Chinese sources seem sanguinely confident in the United States's and France's statement on Friday they favor diplomacy to end Iran's suspected nuclear arms drive and urging the UN Security Council to pass a new resolution on Iran.

Iranians might harbor thoughts (that Iran is "twisted" right now) about the application of Iran's domestic laws and the way some officials there bend and interpret laws when dealing with protesting women, trade unionists, liberals, or students. Indeed, the Islamic Republic's attitude to "the law" and lawfulness -- both inside and outside of Iran -- might be said to be at the root of its troubled relations with the West.