Iran says 'won't retreat an iota' from atomic rights
April 12, 2012  17:45

Iran today said it "will not retreat an iota" from its nuclear rights. Ahead of the weekend talks in Istanbul with world powers over Tehran's atomic activities, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said,  "The Iranian nation is standing firm on its fundamental rights and under the harshest pressure will not retreat an
iota from its undeniable right." 

"On behalf of the Iranian nation, I advise the enemies and the arrogance (the United States) to change their behaviour towards our nation, and they should know that the Iranians are standing firm in defending their rights," he said.

His language indicated a defiant attitude by Iran as its negotiators go into the Istanbul talks on Saturday across from representatives of the so-called P5+1 group comprising the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany.

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