Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks out against the International Atomic Energy Agency during a speech in Tehran.<br/> The Iranian president dismissed a report from the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog saying the Islamic Republic had worked on designing an atomic bomb.<br/> Ahmadinejad said the report was based on 'invalid claims' from Washington, and that his country will not alter their behaviour.<br/> On the snow covered streets of Tehran, residents also blamed the U.S.'s icy relationship towards Iran for the IAEA report.<br/> SOUNDBITE (Farsi) 45 YEAR OLD MOHAMMED HAMIDI:<br/> "The Agency (IAEA) is supposedly an international organisation but in reality it is only confined by an arrogant power and is under their supervisions. This is a media war they have launched against our country."<br/> Iran denies it wants nuclear weapons, saying its nuclear programme is intended to generate electricity.<br/> But Tehran's history of hiding sensitive activity and restrictions on IAEA access have drawn four rounds of U.N. sanctions and separate punitive steps from the U.S. and the E.U.<br/> China on Wednesday called for a peaceful resolution based on dialogue and cooperation, amid concerns that the U.S. and its allies will push for harsher sanctions against Iran and even risk military action.<br/> Simon Hanna, Reuters
