Jul

23

Iran`s President `no retreat` in nuclear row

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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Iran will not “retreat one iota” over its disputed nuclear program. on Wednesday.

At a meeting with Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator in Geneva on Saturday, 6 world powers gave Iran two weeks to answer calls to rein in its nuclear activities, which they suspect may be aimed at producing atom bombs, or face tougher sanctions.

President said, “The Iranian nation … will not retreat one iota in the face of oppressing powers,”

Iran said, that its nuclear program is a peaceful drive only to generate electricity so that the world’s fourth-largest crude producer, can export more of its oil and gas.

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Jul

22

British PM warns Iran in landmark Israel speech

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Gordon Brown British Prime Minister warned Iran that it must freeze sensitive nuclear work or face more sanctions, in the first address by a British premier to the Israeli parliament.

He also railed against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s ”abhorrent” threats against Israel and declared that Britain stands alongside the Jewish state.

Brown said peace was within their grasp, but only if Israel withdraws from settlements in the occupied West Bank and the Palestinians stamp out ”terrorists”.

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