Bangladesh Daily Star Reports Iran Vowing To Resist Pressure On Nukes ::

« MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES - Medicine to the rescue | Main | "Spooky" Intelligence Stuff Going On In Holland »

November 12, 2004

Bangladesh Daily Star Reports Iran Vowing To Resist Pressure On Nukes

Topics:

Saturday, November 13

Iran vows to resist pressure on nukes
Talks with EU hit snags, AFP, Tehran

Iran vowed yesterday it would "resist" unfair demands to limit parts of its suspect nuclear programme, as talks with Britain, France and Germany on resolving the stand-off appeared to run into fresh difficulties. Speaking in a Friday prayer sermon, the top advisor to Iran's supreme leader called for "resistance" and complained that Tehran was subject to "idiotic and childish" demands. The Europeans "have told us to stop our nuclear programme and in return they will sell us commercial jets and trains", Ali Akbar Nateq Nuri said. "This is an idiotic and childish thing."

"Fortunately, the opinion polls show that 75 to 80 percent of Iranians want to resist, and that we continue our programme and reject humiliation." He said supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all matters of state, "has summed up our policy in one phrase -- if you (the Europeans) are reasonable, we will negotiate with you; if not, we have nothing to say to you. "They tell us to suspend enrichment, but it is none of your business," said Nateq Nuri, noting that fuel cycle work was permitted under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

Read More .......

Posted by Hyscience at November 12, 2004 5:54 PM

Articles Related to :