Iran: Better Not Knock Our Nukes

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Iran's president said his country has no "moral" obligation to stop enriching uranium as support grew for a resolution reprimanding — but not punishing — the country for blocking a U.N. probe of its nuclear activities.

President Mohammad Khatami stopped short of saying Iran will resume enrichment, or will stop all cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.

But he said Iran would reject any resolution from the agency's board of governors that strongly criticizes Iran.

"With the ongoing trend, we have no moral commitment any more to suspend uranium enrichment," Khatami told reporters in Tehran. "Of course, we don't declare that we want to do something ... it also doesn't mean that we are withdrawing from (the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty)."



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