Iranian President Rejects U.N. Deadline Over Nuke Program
Shaveta Bansal - All Headline News Staff Writer Tehran, Iran (AHN) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday rejected the resolution by the U.N. Security Council that gave Iran until Aug. 31 to suspend its nuclear program. The Iranian leader reiterated his earlier decision to pursue the uranium enrichment calling the resolution a "big mistake" on the part of world powers. During a speech in Bojnourd, north-eastern Iran, Ahmadinejad said, "My words are the words of the Iranian nation. Throughout Iran, there is one slogan: 'The Iranian nation considers the peaceful use of nuclear fuel production technology its right," The Security Council passed a resolution Monday giving Iran more than a month to suspend uranium enrichment or face the threat of economic and diplomatic sanctions. Ahmadinejad said Iran won't give up to the threats and "those who think that they can intimidate us by the language of force or threats are making a big mistake - if they do not realize this mistake now, they will certainly do so in the future." The Iranian leader insisted that the Islamic nation was in favor of negotiations in order to remove doubts among the international community. Tehran has repeatedly denied the allegations by the Western countries especially the U.S. that it is developing nuclear fuels for destructive purposes, insisting that the enrichment was aimed at making power reactor for producing energy.
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