Tehran never gives up nuclear program: president

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(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-08-11 23:48

TEHRAN -- Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Monday that Tehran will never give up its nuclear program despite the risk of fresh sanctions, the state-run TV's website reported.

Ahmadinejad made the remarks in a meeting with his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika who are in Tehran for visit, according to the report.

"They have deeply understood that Iran's peaceful nuclear program will never be stopped," Ahmadinejad said, referring to the US representative participation without any precondition in the Geneva nuclear talks.

"They have no choice but to talk and cooperate with Iran," Ahmadinejad added.

"Despite threats and sanctions by a number of big powers, our people are living their own lives and these (threats and sanctions) cannot hinder our progress," stressed the Iranian president.

Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana agreed in a telephone conversation earlier on Monday to continue nuclear talks on Iran's disputable nuclear program.

Their talks came after six major countries recently agreed to consider new sanctions against Iran in the wake of remarks by Western governments saying Iran failed to give a "clear positive response" to their latest offer of incentives.

Iran's government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham said Sunday that Tehran's nuclear stance will not be changed by sanctions or threats.

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