The Islamic Republic of Iran on Sunday rejected demands by Europe's three major powers to abandon its uranium enrichment program, however re-asserted its readiness to provide guarantees it will not build a nuclear weapon.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Tehran already has the technology required to develop nuclear fuel and would not reverse the situation.
"If the demand is that we don't master nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, it's out of the question because we have reached that point," Asefi told a news conference.
"But if Europeans want assurances that we only make peaceful use of nuclear energy, we are ready to give guarantees," he conveyed.
Asefi said the guarantees his country was prepared to offer will be within the framework of an extension of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. (Albawaba.com)
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