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General Category => World News => Topic started by: flowers on November 30, 2013, 05:46:51 pm

Title: Iran’s President determined to maintain uranium enrichment sites
Post by: flowers on November 30, 2013, 05:46:51 pm

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e743f2a4-5918-11e3-9798-00144feabdc0.html

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Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s new president, has insisted that Tehran will not dismantle its nuclear facilities, as advocated by Israel and US hawks but has held out hope for an end to its long estrangement with Washington.

In an interview with the Financial Times in Tehran, Mr Rouhani struck a tough line on Iran’s expectations over a comprehensive nuclear deal to be negotiated following last weekend’s landmark interim pact.

“One hundred per cent [no],” he said when asked about dismantling nuclear facilitie