No nuclear halt, warns Khamenei

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Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, has said his country will press ahead with its nuclear programme.

He was speaking a day before Tehran is scheduled to give its formal answer to an international proposal of incentives for Iran to halt uranium enrichment.

Iran had "made its own decision" and would "continue its path", state television quoted the leader as saying.
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Separately, the deputy head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, Mohammad Saeedi, said on Monday that suspension of uranium enrichment was "no longer possible", according to the Iranian Fars news agency.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5271344.stm

From the official Iranian news agency:

Elsewhere in his speech, the Supreme Leader said that the arrogant powers led by the US are afraid of progress of the Islamic nations and they are exerting maximum pressure on the Muslim states to stop their progress in the field of science and technology.

"Though they well know that Iran does not want to produce nuclear arms, they are exerting maximum pressure to stop progress of an Islamic state," the Supreme Leader said.

"Iran has taken its own decision thanks to experience and achievements it has made over the past 27 years and by relying upon God it will proceed with its nuclear program to produce nuclear energy," the Supreme Leader said.

http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-24/0608210579170336.htm