Off the wire
• South Sudan rebels say they controlled great parts of key oil field  • Urgent: Iran to respond "strongly" to any war in Persian Gulf: supreme leader  • 1st LD-Writethru: China stocks extend gains on Wednesday  • China tightens supervision on foreign airlines over safety concerns  • China's Bank of Communications to acquire 80 pct stake in Brazil's BBM bank  • President Xi stresses localizing religions  • Banning tobacco ads in China's shops "unquestionable": experts  • Philippine gov't remains confident in reaching economy growth target this year  • New Zealand to press for SMEs opportunities on Asia-Pacific trade agenda  • Avengers smoke China box office competition  
You are here: 　 Home

1st LD: Iran not to accept "excessive demands" in nuclear talks: supreme leader

Xinhua, May 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

Iran will neither give in to pressure in nuclear talks nor accept excessive demands by the West, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said here on Wednesday.

"In the ongoing nuclear talks, the enemy uses coercive language," Khamenei said, adding that "the Iranian government will not succumb to pressure."

"The more withdrawal, the more advancement the greedy enemy will make," he said when addressing scholars from Iran's Imam Hossein University.

The Iranian nation and government should build a strong wall of will power against the threats, he was quoted as saying by the state IRIB TV.

The enemy has demanded to talk with Iranian scientists and researchers about the country's indigenized and national nuclear progress, he said, stressing that "Iran will never allow this."

"We will not allow the boundaries of Iranian nuclear scientists and other sensitive fields to be violated," he added.

Iran and world powers will begin a new round of negotiations to finalize an accord on the country's nuclear issue in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Wednesday. Endit