By Xinhua
Tehran : Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed on Sunday that the country’s nuclear program would not be negotiable with anyone, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Iran is logical and can be dialogued with, but “they will not negotiate about its rights with anyone”, Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying.
“One or two countries in the world do not recognize the reality and they believe they could force Iran to retreat, but enemies of these countries must understand Iran would never back off,” he stressed.
The United States and some other Western countries have accused Iran of developing atomic weapons under a civilian cover, but Iran denied the allegations, saying it just wants to generate electricity.
Since last December, the UN Security Council has issued two sanction resolutions against Tehran’s nuclear program, demanding it to halt the sensitive uranium enrichment work.
However, Iran didn’t comply with the requests.
The president also mentioned the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) which praised Iran over the cooperation between the two sides in the past months, saying it shows that European nations have a more positive approach to the situation than certain other countries, clearly referring to the U.S. and Britain.
Since July, Iran has showed its willingness for more cooperation with the IAEA, allowing nuclear inspectors to visit its sensitive Arak heavy water nuclear reactor.
In an IAEA report last month, the UN atomic watchdog applauded the progress with Tehran and the report was considered a brake on the U.S. push for new sanctions in the UN Security Council.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini has said that Tehran would continue its cooperation with the IAEA, while warning that the country would reconsider the cooperation if new Security Council resolution was issued against Iran.