[ppi] [ppiindia] Iran determined to make nuclear fuel despite UN ultimatum

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http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/AfpNews/200608280306111156705571.04/afp

Iran determined to make nuclear fuel despite UN ultimatum


Iran underscored its determination to produce nuclear fuel just four days 
before a UN Security Council deadline to freeze the sensitive work or face the 
risk of sanctions.
And in a fresh show of its military might, Iran test-fired a long range 
radar-evading sea-to-air missile during war games it says aim to demonstrate 
its readiness for "any threat."
But the Islamic regime said it remained keen to hold talks on Western concerns 
about its nuclear programme and revealed that UN chief Kofi Annan was due in 
Tehran on Saturday, two days after the deadline.
"Production of nuclear fuel is one of Iran's strategic objectives," lead 
negotiator Ali Larijani told state radio. "Any action to limit or deprive Iran 
could not force Iran to give up this goal."

Despite the apparent inflexibility, Larijani later said Iran was ready for 
ministerial level talks on its nuclear ambitions with Western powers.

"Iran is ready to hold discussions with the foreign ministers of the five 
permanent Security Council members and Germany, wherever and whenever," 
Larijani said.

"These talks could include all questions between the two sides, in particular 
the nuclear issue."

The Security Council has demanded that Iran suspend all uranium enrichment and 
reprocessing activities by August 31 amid US-led concerns that its nuclear 
programme is cover for an attempt to produce an atomic bomb.

A package of incentives backed by the six major powers is dependent on the 
regime first agreeing to suspend enrichment.

But Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Reza Bagheri insisted during a visit to 
key regional ally Syria that a formal moratorium on enrichment was out of the 
question.

"While cooperating with international institutions, we consider the suspension 
of enrichment as our red line," Bagheri was quoted as saying in Damascus by 
Iran's official news agency IRNA.

"We insist on our right because we want to utilize nuclear technology for 
peaceful ends," he added.

Uranium enrichment can produce the fuel for the generation of nuclear power, or 
in extended form can be the fissile core of an atomic bomb.

Foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi also said that despite Iran's 
strong line on enrichment, it remained open to new talks.

"It is about time the European side returned to the negotiating table without 
prejudgments and bad humour so that we talk and reach a result," he told 
reporters.

"We gave our response to the European side and showed we support talks."

The formal response was issued last week to a package of incentives backed by 
Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States.

"In our response we have touched on the issue of enrichment. Our response is 
clear and comprehensive," Asefi said. "Europeans must first read it carefully 
and then come to talk."

Few details have emerged of Iran's response but the United States has already 
warned it would lead moves to impose sanctions if the reply fell short of 
Security Council demands.

The incentives package includes light water reactors and an ensured supply of 
nuclear fuel for Tehran.

On Saturday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defiantly inaugurated a 
plant to produce heavy water for use in a new research reactor.

And on Sunday, the deputy head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation said 
Tehran planned to build a new light water reactor to produce electricity.

Oil-rich Iran, the second biggest exporter in OPEC, stresses its right to 
peaceful nuclear technology as a signatory of the nuclear Non-Proliferation 
Treaty.

The International Atomic Energy Agency is to report Thursday to the Security 
Council on Iran's compliance.

If Iran is deemed to have failed to comply, the Security Council will consider 
adopting "appropriate measures" under Article 41 of Chapter Seven of the UN 
Charter, which sets out enforcement powers.

In Cairo, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit called for dialogue "to 
try to find a formula that will bring an end to the current tensions and reach 
a solution which meets the expectations of the different parties."

His Italian counterpart Massimo D'Alema was quoted as telling the German 
newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that Italy should also have a seat at 
the talks.

In Tehran, Asefi said Annan would arrive on Saturday as part of a wider Middle 
East tour focused on shoring up a truce in Lebanon between Israel and 
Hezbollah, which is backed by both Iran and Syria. 

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