AP: President Mohammad Khatami said Tuesday Iran will continue its nuclear program even if that means ending inspections by the U.N. nuclear monitoring agency. “We’ve made our choice: yes to peaceful nuclear technology,
no to atomic weapons,” Khatami told a military parade in Tehran.


Reuters: Libya, which last year renounced its nuclear weapons programme, on Monday urged Iran to follow suit and comply with the demands of the U.N. nuclear watchdog to stop enriching uranium which can be used to make atomic bombs.
United Press International: Iranian President Mohammed Khatami Monday insisted his country has a right to possess nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
AFP: UN atomic agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei opened a general conference of his agency by reiterating its call on Iran to fully suspend uranium enrichment, despite Tehran’s apparent defiance.
Iran Focus: Tehran, Sep. 20 A series of government-released statistics and interviews with a number of Iranian officials indicate that despair and frustration are on the rise within
Reuters: The United States, the EU and Russia urged Iran on Monday to comply with the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s demand that it halt all activities linked to uranium enrichment, a
AP: Iran may resume uranium enrichment “any moment,” Intelligence Minister Ali Yunesi said on state television Monday. “We suspended (enrichment) voluntarily and we may continue it voluntarily,” Yunesi said. “And we may resume (enrichment) any moment.”
Iran Focus: Tehran, Sep. 19 The Assembly of Experts, an exclusive body of Muslim clerics who appoint the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, opened its twelfth session today amid heightened regional and international tensions