Iran Will Never Dismantle Nuke Program

Reuters:

Iran has vowed never to dismantle its uranium enrichment program, a day after a confidential EU document showed that France, Britain and Germany had told Tehran they would not settle for anything less. ...

Asked whether Iran would dismantle the program, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Gholamali Khoshroo, who is visiting Malaysia for a meeting of the 57-nation Organisation of the Islamic Conference, replied:

"Never. For what reason? We are not terrified by the U.S. We have had this kind of relations with the U.S. for 25 years. We don't want to upgrade tension with U.S. but we want to live as a sovereign country and nobody has the right to threaten others." ...

Khoshroo accused the United States of attempting to disrupt his country's talks with the EU.

"We are not living in the jungle, we are living in accordance with international law," he said.

"In accordance with international law, those who have force should not use it unless legitimacy by the international community is given to them. America wanted to put pressure on the EU not to continue negotiations (with Iran)."

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