Reuters: Iran’s uranium enrichment activities are its legal right and will not be negotiated away at talks with world powers that may be held in the coming weeks, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday.
TEHRAN, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Iran’s uranium enrichment activities are its legal right and will not be negotiated away at talks with world powers that may be held in the coming weeks, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday.
“The complete enrichment cycle and the production of fuel are basic rights of (IAEA, or U.N. nuclear watchdog) member states and are non-negotiable,” he told a news conference.
World powers, concerned the enrichment activity is meant to develop nuclear weapons, something Iran denies, want Tehran to curb the programme in exchange for a package of benefits. (Reporting by Parisa Hafezi; writing by Robin Pomeroy; editing by Mark Heinrich)
