He made the remark in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, during a Developing Eight summit. It came amid growing speculation over a possible Israeli or U.S. attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.
'The economic, political and military capacities of the U.S. will not allow [U.S. President] Bush to attack Iran," he said.
The Israeli Air Force conducted military exercises involving over 100 Israeli fighters in early June. The exercises were widely seen as a 'dress rehearsal' for an attack on Iran. George Bush has refused to rule out the "military option" in the long-running dispute over Iran's nuclear program.
Ahmadinejad said however that there were no signs of an imminent armed conflict, and labeled the rumors "propaganda."
The Iranian leader also said there were "many clever people in the U.S. and they will not allow President Bush to commit political suicide."
Iran is currently under three sets of relatively mild UN Security Council sanctions for defying demands to halt uranium enrichment, which it says it needs purely for electricity generation. The U.S. and other Western states have claimed that the program is geared toward the creation of nuclear weapons.
The Developing Eight is an economic development alliance also involving Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey.
