Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, says western powers are plotting against muslim nations. According to the official Iranian news agency, he accused unnamed colonial powers and Israel of initiating separatist movements to split up Islamic states, including Sudan.

The Iranian leader was speaking after meeting Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir in Khartoum.

Ahmadinejad says that Iran and Sudan are standing together as defenders of the Islamic world.

He claims that both countries are resisting pressure from the colonialists, whom he accused of targeting independent states, because  "they don't want them to be strong."