Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said his country will not give up the right to enriching uranium, in his first comments since talks broke down with world powers over Iran’s nuclear programme. Rouhani said on Sunday that his nation had acted rationally and tactfully during three days of nuclear negotiations in Geneva, which concluded on Saturday without agreement. We have said to the negotiating sides that we will not answer to any threat, sanction, humiliation or discrimination. The Islamic Republic has not and will not bow its head to threats from any authority, he told the National Assembly, reported by the ISNA news agency. His speech came a day after France apparently stopped a deal because it felt Iranian concessions were not sufficient to relax sanctions. According to reports, France wanted a shutdown of enrichment facilities, something Iran was not prepared to concede. For us there are red lines that cannot be crossed,” Rouhani said in his Sunday speech. “National interests are our red lines that include our rights under the framework of international regulations and enrichment in Iran.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 19:16:31 +0000
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