"Moody" Mahmud Ahmadinejad has this to say at a press conference in Iran today, according to the Mehr News Agency:
We are a civilized and ancient nation, and a nation that has culture and logic does not need nuclear weapons.
And he said this too:
Despite the technological progress in the world, a few Western countries are mentally living in medieval times and say you don't have the right to scientific progress.
Since Ahmadinejad feels it's necessary to bring up the topic of the Middle Ages, I think it's essential to bring up the Iranian practice of stoning to death adulterers. That barbaric punishment was last carried out in Iran in the curiously non-medieval year of 2001.
The stoning-law is still on the books, though. And with the important exception of nuclear weapons, Iran seems to be headed quickly back to the Middle Ages, so don't be surprised if there are stonings carried out there soon.
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