Iran Rules Out Relinquishing Atomic "Rights"
Iran said on Thursday it would refuse to relinquish its "rights" to
pursue atomic activities now at the center of an intensifying standoff
with the United States and European governments, Agence France-Presse
reported (see GSN, May 17).
Diplomats from Iran are scheduled next Wednesday to meet in Baghdad with representatives of China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States in an effort to resolve international concerns that Tehran's atomic activities are geared toward establishment of a nuclear-weapon capability. Iran has maintained its nuclear efforts are aimed strictly toward civilian ends. The gathering would follow an April session in Istanbul, Turkey.
"If we participate in the negotiations ... it is because of our resistance (to Western powers). Thanks to our resistance, we have defended the rights of the Iranian people," senior Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said.
"The Iranian people will never give up even an iota of their rights," AFP quoted Jalili as stating in reference to the country's atomic efforts.
Diplomats from Iran are scheduled next Wednesday to meet in Baghdad with representatives of China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States in an effort to resolve international concerns that Tehran's atomic activities are geared toward establishment of a nuclear-weapon capability. Iran has maintained its nuclear efforts are aimed strictly toward civilian ends. The gathering would follow an April session in Istanbul, Turkey.
"If we participate in the negotiations ... it is because of our resistance (to Western powers). Thanks to our resistance, we have defended the rights of the Iranian people," senior Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said.
"The Iranian people will never give up even an iota of their rights," AFP quoted Jalili as stating in reference to the country's atomic efforts.
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