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Iran aims to reinforce nuclear rights

Says Ahmadinejad

AP, AFP, Tehran
Iran wtU not give up * a single iota of its nuclear rights.' the country's president said Saturday, rebuffing an informal deadline to stop expanding uranium enrichment or face more sanctions
Mahmoud .Ahmadinejad made the remarks during discussions with Syrian President Beshar Assad, who arrived in Tehran Saturday for a two-day visit, the Iranian president s official Web site said
Assad is in Tehran to discuss Iran s controversial uranium enrichment following a request from French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Tehran was given an informal two-week deadline, set July 19 by the UN Security Council's Ove permanent members plus
Germany, to stop expanding uranium enrichment at least tempo rartly in exchange for their commitment to stop seeking new UN sanctions
Ahmadinejad's stance signalled both a failure of Assad's mission and a rejection of the deadline, although his comments indicated he was not ruling out international talks on Iran's nuclear programme.
While staling (hat the Iranian nation "will not give up a single iota of its nuclear rights." he also said any participation in international talks on the nuclear issue would be aimed at reinforcing those rights
Ahmadinejad on Sunday told visiting Syrian president and staunch regional ally Bashar al-Assad that Tehran is serious about finding a practical solution to the nuclear crisis
'We arc serious in talks and we
want the talks to be based on the law so it will bear practical results. We hope that other sides are serious too.' Ahmadinejad told Assad in remarks broadcast live on state run television.
Assad, who has been seeking a more prominent Mideast role for Syria, promised Sarkozy during a visit to France in July to try to persuade Iran to offer proof to the West that it isn't developing nuclear weapons.
Syria is Iran's closest Arab ally the two countries have had close relations since 1980, when Syria sided with Persian Iran against Iraq in the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.
Iran's claims that it only wants nuclear technology for the produc tion of energy haw failed to quell Western suspicions that It is seeking a pathway to an atomic bomb.
Meanwhile in Brussels, a
European Union official said Saturday that the office of EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana had not yet received an answer from Iran, but expected a reply “in the coming days" after the weekend deadline
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said EU nations and diplomats arc not too concerned about Tehran's adherence to the exact deadline but are keen for Iran to come back with a concrete reply that could form the basis of further negotiations.
Germany's Foreign Minister FrankWalter Steinmeier urged Iran to stop playing for time and deliver a "clear answer" to the latest initiative. "Stop dallying," Steinmeier was quoted as saying in an interview with the weekly Dor Spiegel that was released Saturday.