IRAN WILL NOT SINK TO KNEES ON NUCLEAR DEAL?

 
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."

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