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The Independent – Buoyed by the success of its proxy militia in Lebanon, Iran has rejected a demand from the West, aimed at curbing Tehran’s suspected nuclear weapons programme, setting itself on a new course of confrontation.
On the eve of a self-imposed deadline for responding to a Western offer of economic and technology incentives in return for a suspension of uranium enrichment by Iran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday: “We won’t suspend.”
“Everything should come out of negotiations but suspension of uranium enrichment is not on our agenda,” Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters in Tehran.
The Independent
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