Sunday, January 16, 2011

Iran says it will continue enrichment program

.- Continue "with determination" its controversial uranium enrichment program despite international pressure, said today the Iranian Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Akbar Salehi. The official, who also is director of the Iranian Organization of Atomic Energy today joined seven ambassadors of countries attached to the body of a visit by the controversial nuclear facilities in Natanz and Arak, in a move that great powers have called propaganda.

"The latest sanctions we have created any problems in our nuclear activity. And pursue vigorously," he said in a press conference in Arak offered live on state television. "Our activities, including enrichment of uranium, is proceeding with determination," he said in the presence of diplomats.

The ambassadors, representing the Movement of Non-Aligned, the Group of 77, the Arab League states like Syria and Venezuela, will travel tomorrow to Natanz, where Iran is proceeding with its controversial enrichment program. The remarks came a week after Tehran and the major powers resumed their tense nuclear talks in Istanbul.

In this regard, the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Ramin Mehmanparast, returned today to try to download responsibility to his country and wanted to place the ball into the roof of the 5 +1, composed of members of the Security Council UN plus Germany. Speaking to the official media, the voice of Persian diplomacy underlined that the outcome of the negotiations "will depend on the attitude adopted by (the High Representative for European Common Foreign and 5 +1 spokeswoman, Catherine) Ashton." Iran and 5 +1 recovered dialogue on 6 December in Geneva after nearly 14 months of interruption.

The talks ended with controversy after the Iranian regime Ashton accuse of not telling the truth about the content and outcome of the discussions. Iran insists it will not negotiate over its disputed nuclear program, while the 5 +1 ensures that this issue should be the focus of negotiation.

Much of the international community, Israel and the United States in the lead, accusing the Iranian regime to hide under its civilian program, another clandestine nature and ambitions of war whose objective is to acquire nuclear weapons. The pulse was exacerbated in February 2010 after the Islamic Republic decided, despite the warnings, begin enriching uranium to 20 percent for its own account, which earned him a new round of UN sanctions.

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