Following are excerpts from a speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which aired on the Iranian News Channel (IRINN) on March 8, 2006.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Even if our treasury, bank accounts, and budget run out one day - as God is my witness: Ahmadinejad and his government are willing to come here and work as laborers, to hold a pick-axe, and build Lorestan District.
Rest assured that we will be proud of this.
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Let the world know: If anyone plans to violate the rights of the Iranian people, the Iranian people will brand a shameful mark of remorse on his forehead.