Iran to the US: "the United States is also susceptible to harm and pain. So if that is the path that the U.S. wishes to choose, let the ball roll."

According to an AP article, Iran has threatened the United States with "harm and pain".

"The United States has the power to cause harm and pain," Iran said [in] a statement meant for delivery at the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation board meeting in Vienna on Iran's refusal to freeze uranium enrichment.

"But the United States is also susceptible to harm and pain. So if that is the path that the U.S. wishes to choose, let the ball roll."

Surely we are not naive about the United States' ... intention to flex muscles," said the statement. But we also see the bone fractures underneath." The IAEA meeting is in effect the last step before the Security Council begins to consider Iran's nuclear plans, which could lead to possible sanctions. Iran's president said earlier Wednesday that his country will not back down from plans to enrich uranium domestically.