Ahmadinejad says uranium enrichment 'non-negotiable': report

NUKEWARS

Iran rejects Western incentives to suspend nuclear work
Iran said on Saturday it would not make any concession in exchange for incentives offered by the West to halt sensitive atomic activities. "Iran does not trade its rights in return for incentives," government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham told reporters. "It is not reasonable to replace the (International Atomic Energy) Agency with some countries which themselves possess nuclear weapons," he said. The UN Security Council last month tightened sanctions on Iran for failing to heed repeated ultimatums to suspend uranium enrichment. The council's five veto-wielding permanent members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- plus Germany have pledged to expand a 2006 offer of economic incentives to Iran in return for a freeze on uranium enrichment. But Iran last month ruled out further talks with the six saying that concerns about its nuclear programme should be dealt with exclusively by the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday that he would reject any new incentives offered by world powers in return for suspending uranium enrichment. "This is a non-negotiable subject," Ahmadinejad was quoted as telling Japan's Kyodo News.

by Staff Writers
Tokyo (AFP) April 4, 2008
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an interview published Friday that he would reject any new incentives offered by world powers in return for suspending uranium enrichment.

"This is a non-negotiable subject," Ahmadinejad was quoted as telling Japan's Kyodo News when asked about possible incentives carrying conditions that Iran suspend its enrichment activities.

"Iran is a nuclear country and has no reason to give up the technology. If there are to be any preconditions, we must propose preconditions," he said.

The Security Council last month tightened UN sanctions on Iran for refusing to halt nuclear fuel work as six major powers offered to resume talks with the Islamic republic to end the standoff.

The five permanent UN Security Council powers plus Germany reconfirmed and pledged to expand a 2006 offer of economic and trade incentives to Iran in exchange for a freeze of its uranium enrichment activities.

But Iran last month ruled out further talks with the six.

Ahmadinejad told Kyodo that the suspension of its uranium enrichment programme was an issue related to the past as "we have passed this stage."

He again rejected any new talks with the European Union over Iran's nuclear programme, saying Tehran would negotiate only with the UN atomic agency.

The UN Security Council has repeatedly called on Iran to freeze uranium enrichment, which the West fears could be used to make nuclear weapons, but which Iran insists is only needed to make atomic fuel for power stations.

Memory Foam Mattress Review

SPACE MEDIA NETWORK PROMOTIONS
Solar Energy Solutions
Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison ...

Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News

NUKEWARS

Outside View: Khamenei takes control

London, April 1, 2008
As parliamentary elections in Iran confirm a vast majority for the hard-liners in Iran, jostling seems to have already gained pace for Iran's presidential elections in 2009. However, pressure on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has grown more forceful from within his own camp rather than the so-called reformists whose campaign was crushed by the vast disqualification of their candidates in the March 14 parliamentary polls.

INTERNET SPACE Microsoft threatens proxy battle against Yahoo Google sees wireless Internet on unused television airwaves Japan marks funeral for second-generation phones Apple iPhone aiming to dethrone BlackBerry	LAUNCH PAD Vietnam delays launch of first satellite Zenit Rocket To Orbit Israeli Satellite In Late April Successful Qualification Firing Test For Zefiro 23 German military satellite launched by Russia: report
AEROSPACE World grapples with aviation's climate change footprint Europe's EADS finds sweet home in Alabama despite uproar A380 superjumbo makes European debut in London Aviation industry must act fast on climate change: Airbus chief	MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS Lockheed Martin Team Awarded AMF JTRS Contract Lockheed Martin Team Achieves Major Milestone On US Navy's Mobile User Objective System BAE And USAF To Develop New Technologies For Mission Management Lockheed Martin Wins Contract To Support Defense Department High Performance Computing Centers
TECH SPACE The Endless Dawn Of The Ion Age Russia's Progress Develops New Bion-M Biosatellite Researchers Explore Materials Degradation In Space CEE Researchers Unravel The Secrets Of Spider Silk's Strength	APPOINTMENTS Northrop Grumman Names Terri Zinkiewicz VP Sector Controller For Its Space Technology Sector Northrop Grumman Appoints Scott Winship To VP And Program Manager - Navy Unmanned Combat Air System NASA Names John Shannon New Space Shuttle Manager Michael Larkin Appointed Executive Vice President Of Orbital's Satellite Business Unit
EARTH OBSERVATION India to launch remote sensing satellite this month Boeing Submits GOES R Proposal To NASA Satellites Can Help Arctic Grazers Survive Killer Winter Storms CrIS Atmospheric Sounder Completes Vibration Testing	GPS NEWS Budget Truck Rental To Offer GPS Navigation System Russia's Satellite Navigation System Delayed Again Final LockMart GPS Satellite Is Readied For Shipment To Cape Canaveral Turkey Selects Trimble To Build Nationwide GNSS Infrastructure Network

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright Space.TV Corporation. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space.TV Corp on any Web page published or hosted by Space.TV Corp. Privacy Statement