Iran to continue nuclear program
Pastor Dale Morgan
Iran to continue nuclear program*
From correspondents in Tehran
June 03, 2008 06:09pm
Article from: Reuters
IRAN will press ahead with its nuclear program, Supreme Leader Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei said today, making clear the Islamic Republic would not bow
to Western pressure and halt sensitive atomic work.
"Iran is not after nuclear weapons. It is after peacefully using nuclear
energy ... we will follow this path and ... will reach it," Ayatollah
Khamenei said in a speech broadcast live on state television.
World powers have prepared an enhanced package of trade and other
incentives for Iran if it suspends its most sensitive nuclear
activities, something Tehran has consistently refused to do.
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana is expected to travel
to Tehran soon to submit the package.
The United States accuses the Islamic Republic of seeking to develop
nuclear arms. Iran denies the charge but its refusal to suspend
sensitive nuclear work has prompted three rounds of UN sanctions since 2006.
Ayatollah Khamenei was speaking a week after the UN nuclear watchdog
said in a report that Tehran's alleged research into nuclear warheads
was a matter of serious concern and that it should provide more
information on its missile-related work.