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Iran vows not to bow to UN resolutions
AFP
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
AFP
TEHRAN
Petroleumworld.com 01 21 06Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday insisted that Tehran will go on with its controversial nuclear programme and will not cave in to more UN resolutions.
"Even if they adopt 10 other resolutions it will not have any effect," Ahamdinejad told lawmakers as he introduced the budget for the next Iranian year starting March 21.
The Security Council passed Resolution 1737 on December 23 imposing sanctions on Iran for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment -- the process which can make nuclear fuel as well as the fissile core of an atom bomb in highly purified forms.
"As our supreme leader (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) said, no Iranian official has the right to back down on Iran's nuclear right," he added.
On January 8, Khamenei emphatically rejected the UN resolution, vowing that the Islamic republic would not back down in its nuclear drive.
Iran, OPEC's second largest oil exporter, insists its nuclear programme is solely aimed at meeting peaceful energy needs. However, the West fears that it could diverted towards building a bomb.
On Saturday, Iran's top nuclear negotiator Larijani said the nation's armed forces were ready to face any threat to its nuclear installations, amid speculation Washington may be planning a military strike.
AFP 21 0815 GMT 01 07
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