Ahmadinejad: Iran not to withdraw from its nuclear objectives

-01-19 19:21:32

TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that Iran will not withdraw from its nuclear objectives despite the West's pressure, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

Referring to the enemies' pressure, Ahmadinejad said the Iranian nation will not withdraw an iota from its nuclear objectives, said Fars.

Addressing a crowd in central city of Yazd on Wednesday, he said that "The attempts of the countries which used all their power to stop Iran from being nuclear (state) ... was in vain and Iran with the help of God became nuclear (country)."

Earlier in December, the Iranian president also said that Iran was a nuclear country, implying that Iran had achieved nuclear know-how for energy purposes.

"Now, most of those countries which failed in their attempts (to stop Iran) want to cooperate with Iran in nuclear area," he was quoted as saying.

The West has long accused Iran of secretly developing nuclear weapons under civilian disguise, although Tehran has always denied such charges.

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