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Iran's Ahmadinejad vows to
continue nuclear programme
AFP
Wednesday Aug 22, 2007
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wrapped up a visit to neighbouring
Azerbaijan on Wednesday with a vow to continue Iran's contested
nuclear programme.
Ahmadinejad said US-backed international sanctions would not deter
the Islamic republic from developing nuclear technology.
"They know well that their behaviour vis-a-vis the Iranian
nation will have no impact on our nation's resolve and that they
will be forced to openly admit the rights of the Iranian nation,"
Iran's official IRNA news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying.
"We want nuclear technology to be at the service of (all)
nations' progress, welfare and peace, and we are against the proliferation
of weapons of mass destruction," he said.
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Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency agreed Tuesday,
after two days of talks, on a timetable for Tehran to answer outstanding
concerns about its nuclear programme, although the dates have
not been made public.
The agreement means that Tehran will have to answer specific
questions about its nuclear programme -- which the United States
claims is aimed at making atomic weapons -- in line with the agreed
timetable over the coming weeks.
Ahmadinejad, speaking at the end of a two-day visit to Azerbaijan
to counter growing US influence in the oil-rich ex-Soviet republic,
also accused "Zionists and groups attached to big powers"
of "striving to sow discord among nations."
"They are making mistakes because the bonds of friendship
between the two nations of Iran and Azerbaijan have roots in history,"
he said. "These moves are foolish."
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