Region | Iran

Iran refuses to abandon enrichment of uranium.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected the demand to abandon Iran's right to enrich uranium on Monday, the official IRNA news agency reported.

  • Agencies
  • Published: 16:48 July 7, 2008
  • Gulf News

Tehran: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on Monday, rejected a major power's demand to abandon Iran's right to enrich uranium , the official IRNA news agency reported.

"They offer to hold talks but at the same time they threaten us and say we should accept their illegitimate demand to halt (enrichment work)," he told reporters in Malaysia.

"They want us to abandon our right (to nuclear technology)," he said. Being the world's fourth-largest oil exporter, Iran says its plans are peaceful.

The rejection has caused speculation of military confrontation. However, Ahmadinejad said "no country would dare attack Iran."

  • Rate this article
  • Average reader rating (0 votes) 0 Stars
Tools

Emailing an article to friend is a simple way to share a news item. Your friend will receive an email with your name and email address as well any personal message you choose to send.

The information you provide on this page will not be used to send unsolicited emails.

This service is not intended to encourage spam, and action may be taken against individuals who maliciously enter personal details of another individual.

Share this article

More from Iran

  1. Tehran softens position on nuclear fuel deal

  2. Lula calls for diplomatic push with Iran

  3. Ahmadinejad in Brazil to build nuke, business ties

  4. Iran begins air defence war games

All articles in Iran

More from Region

Gulf News
Popular in News
News Editor's choice