TEHRAN, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that new stage
of Iran's nuclear program would be operational soon, the official IRNA news
agency reported.
He would commission new stage of nuclear program
during his visit to Isfahan, Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying.
Visiting Isfahan nuclear installations tops the
agenda of his visit, he told the reporters upon arrival in Isfahan, capital of
Iran's central province of Isfahan, Wednesday morning to attend the Iran's
National Nuclear Day ceremonies to be held on Thursday.
He said Iran will not seek nuclear bomb. "I am
telling you that the Iranian nation was never seeking a bomb as the era of bombs
and armies is over."
U.S. President Barack Obama, in his speech before
cheering crowds in Prague, said the United States would present Iran with "a
clear choice" to cease its nuclear and ballistic missile activities or face
increased isolation.
"Now, Iran's leaders must choose whether they will
try to build a weapon or build a better future for their people."
Iran's nuclear program is questioned by many parties.
The United States and other western countries claim that Iran intends to
secretly develop nuclear weapons, and the UN Security Council also requires Iran
to suspend its uranium enrichment activity.
However, Iran insists that its nuclear plan is only
for peaceful purposes, and continues its uranium enrichment activity despite
pressure and sanctions from western countries.
TEHRAN, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Iran is still waiting to see "basic changes" in U.S. President Barack Obama's policies, local Press TV website reported on Tuesday.
"Actions speak louder than the words...We have yet to see Obama bring any basic changes to Washington," Press TV quoted Ahmadinejad as saying during his visit to neighboring Kazakhstan.
TEHRAN, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi said on Monday that U.S. President Barack Obama's recent comments on Iran are contrary to the slogan of "change."
Qashqavi made the accusation in his weekly press conference in response to Obama's Sunday remarks that the U.S. missile defense system in the Czech Republic and Poland will go forward "as long as the threat from Iran persists."
TEHRAN, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Energy Minister Parviz Fattah said Monday that Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant will start to generate electricity from mid-summer, the official IRNA news agency reported.
"Bushehr nuclear power plant will generate 500 megawatt electricity from mid-summer," Fattah was quoted as saying.
THE HAGUE, March 31 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that her country and Iran have agreed to keep in touch after a brief exchange at an international conference on Afghanistan in The Hague.
"In the course of the conference today, our special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, had a brief and cordial exchange with the head of the Iranian delegation," she told reporters.
