Iran will never abandon nuclear work - Khamenei
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's highest authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Monday Tehran would never yield to international pressure to deprive it of its right to nuclear technology, state radio said.
"The Iranian nation surely will not abandon its right and Iranian officials have no right to deprive the nation of its right," Khamenei was quoted as saying on the occasion of the Shi'ite Muslim feast of Eid al-Ghadir.
Khamenei, who was shown on television, was making his first public appearance since rumours appeared on Web sites on Thursday that he had died. Iran last week denied the reports.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in Tehran January 8, 2007. (REUTERS/Stringer) |
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Dec. 23 to impose sanctions on Iran's trade in sensitive nuclear materials and technology in an attempt to stop uranium enrichment work that could produce material that could be used in bombs.
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called the resolution a "piece of torn paper" and has vowed to press ahead with Iran's peaceful nuclear programme.
The West fears Iran may be pursuing nuclear weapons under cover of a civilian programme.
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