Nuclear case closed, Ahmadinejad tells British envoy
Iran will not negotiate about its nuclear "rights", President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday, after the United States said it would focus on the Islamic state's atomic activities in upcoming talks with Tehran.
Iran last week handed over a five-page proposal to the major powers, including the United States, in which Tehran said it was willing to discuss global nuclear disarmament as well as other international issues in wide-ranging talks.
But the document did not mention Iran's own nuclear programme, which the West suspects is aimed at making bombs, and officials have made clear the issue will not be part of any discussions with the major powers.
"From the Iranian nation's viewpoint, (Iran's) nuclear case is closed," official media quoted Ahmadinejad as telling Britain's new ambassador to Tehran.
"Possessing peaceful nuclear technology is the Iranian nation's legal and definitive right and it will not hold discussions about its undeniable rights," he said
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Iran will not negotiate about its nuclear "rights", President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday, after the United States said it would focus on the Islamic state's atomic activities in upcoming talks with Tehran.
Iran last week handed over a five-page proposal to the major powers, including the United States, in which Tehran said it was willing to discuss global nuclear disarmament as well as other international issues in wide-ranging talks.
But the document did not mention Iran's own nuclear programme, which the West suspects is aimed at making bombs, and officials have made clear the issue will not be part of any discussions with the major powers.
"From the Iranian nation's viewpoint, (Iran's) nuclear case is closed," official media quoted Ahmadinejad as telling Britain's new ambassador to Tehran.
"Possessing peaceful nuclear technology is the Iranian nation's legal and definitive right and it will not hold discussions about its undeniable rights," he said
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