Iran's president says oil prices will go higher

TEHRAN, July 14 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday crude prices will go higher for various reasons, including threats to attack his country to curb its nuclear programme, which the West says is a cover to build bombs.

"Oil prices will go higher for different reasons that everyone knows, but one of the reasons is threat of military attacks on our nuclear programme," Ahmadinejad told state television.