Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader has, said that
Western powers will not be able to bring the country to its knees in nuclear
talks, but gave his indirect approval for a continuation of the negotiations.
Iran and major global powers agreed on Monday to extend
talks into next year after failing to meet a November 24 deadline.
The US, UK, Russia, China, France and Germany agreed with
Iran to try to sign a political deal by 1 March, with confirmation of the full
technical details of the agreement by July 1.
In his first remarks since the extension of the deadline,
Khamenei said: "On the nuclear issue, the United States and European
colonialist countries gathered and applied their entire efforts to bring the
Islamic Republic to its knees, but they could not and they will not,"
Khamenei made the remarks to a group of clerics, according
to his website.
In a nationwide broadcast on Monday, Iran's President Hassan
Rouhani told the nation that it "has achieved a significant victory"
and "negotiations will lead to a deal, sooner or later".
Rouhani also said many obstacles in the talks "have
been eliminated".
But he also vowed that Tehran would not relinquish its right
to nuclear capability.
"Our nuclear rights should be admitted by the
world," Rouhani said. "We will continue the talks."
Source: Al Jazeera...More...
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