World should not force Tehran to stop Uranium enrichment: Ahmadenejad

by Imran Schah    April 09, 2009

Isfahan, Iran: Iran’s president said that his country is open to talks with US and other countries over its nuclear program.

He insisted the talks should be based on respect for Iran’s rights and the west should not force Tehran to stop Uranium enrichment.

Hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadenejad said Iran would present new proposals for negotiation and now the conditions have changed.

Ahmadenejad spoke during celebration for Iran’s nuclear day, in which a number of nuclear advances were announced.

The United Nations has demanded Iran halt uranium enrichment, a process that could produce nuclear fuel but also the material for a warhead, Iran has refused it and said that it has the right to develop peaceful nuclear technology.

Thursday’s ceremony celebrated the National day of Nuclear Technology, the day in 2006 when Iran first enriched at its facility in the town of Natanz.

Ever since, it is believed to have enriched enough uranium to build a bomb, according to reports.

Heavy-water reactors use a different process than light-water ones, but they have their own nuclear proliferation concerns.

AS a matter of cat, he West fears Iran could eventually reprocess spent fuel from the heavy-water reactor to produce plutonium for a warhead.

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