Ahmadinejad slams Obama for "interfering" in Iran : Via AFP on Yahoo! News.

TEHRAN (AFP) – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad again slammed US President Barack Obama on Saturday for "interfering" in Iran, as debate over the Iranian president's disputed re-election continued.

Tehran's streets appeared to be quiet after authorities had warned that any further protests would be suppressed.

"He (Obama) who spoke of reforms and changes, why did he interfere and comment in a way that disregards convention and courtesy," Ahmadinejad was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as asking.

On Friday, Obama said Iran's "outrageous" crackdown on demonstrators would hit his hopes for direct talks with Iran.

"There is no doubt that any direct dialogue or diplomacy with Iran is going to be affected by the events of the last several weeks," Obama said, referring to deadly clashes between security forces and demonstrators protesting what they claim was Ahmadinejad's fraudulent re-election.

However, Obama said talks between Iran and the five permannent UN Security Council members and Germany over Tehran's nuclear programme would likely continue.

"My expectation would be ... that you're going to continue to see some multilateral discussions with Iran," he said.

The United States and other Western countries suspect Iran of using its nuclear energy programme as cover for a drive for an atomic weapon. Tehran denies that, saying its aims are purely civilian.

Obama also responded to Ahmadinejad's demands for an apology and accusations that the US president, despite a measured early response to the crackdown, had meddled in Iran's internal affairs.

"I don't take Mr Ahmadinejad's statements seriously about apologies, particularly given the fact that the United States has gone out of its way not to interfere with the election process in Iran," said Obama.

In his remarks on Saturday, Ahmadinejad said those Western leaders who made "insulting and irrelevant comments will be put on a fair trial" by Iran at every "international gathering."

"It is enough. Do not disgrace yourself further by such language and behaviour," he said, urging them to "correct" their attitude towards Iran.

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