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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that Western expectations for the Islamic Republic to limit its missile program were "stupid and idiotic." (Posted May 11, 2014)
9:25 a.m. CDT, May 11, 2014
DUBAI
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that Western expectations for the Islamic Republic to limit its missile program were "stupid and idiotic." The Supreme Leader also called on the country's Revolutionary Guards to mass-produce missiles.
The United States and its allies have said they are worried about Iran's missile program as they fear the weapons could carry nuclear warheads. Iran has long denied having any plans to develop atomic weapons.
"They expect us to limit our missile program while they constantly threaten Iran with military action. So this is a stupid, idiotic expectation," Khamenei was quoted as telling the IRNA news agency while on a visit to an aeronautics fair by the Revolutionary Guards.
"The revolutionary guards should definitely carry out their program and not be satisfied with the present level. They should mass produce. This is a main duty of all military officials," Khamenei said.
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Iran: West's calls to limit missiles 'stupid'
Hassan Rouhani (file photo)
Iran and the P51 group of nations will start hammering out a draft accord on Tuesday aimed at ending a decade-long stand-off over suspicions that the Islamic republic is concealing military objectives.
"We have nothing to put on the table and offer to them but transparency. That's it. Our nuclear technology is not up for negotiation," Rouhani, referring to the West, said in remarks broadcast on state television.
"Iran will not retreat one step in the field of nuclear technology... we will not accept nuclear apartheid," he said.
The self-declared moderate president has faced a battle from domestic critics of his diplomatic outreach since taking power last August.
Hardliners accuse Rouhani of making concessions for little gain under talks that have started to reverse the political isolation Iran grappled with under his hardline predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Other sceptics of the nuclear talks, including members of the US Congress, doubt Rouhani's sincerity in seeking a lasting agreement.
The world's leading powers have long suspected that Iran is developing the capability to build an atomic bomb, an allegation Tehran has repeatedly denied.
"We want to tell the world they cannot belittle the Iranian nation; they have to respect it," Rouhani said on Sunday.
Iran has suffered years of economic hardship exacerbated by international sanctions designed to coerce Tehran into curbing its nuclear work.
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Iran Won't Accept 'Nuclear Apartheid': President Hassan Rouhani
TEHRAN, Iran Iran's President Hassan Rouhani is saying his country has nothing to offer except transparency in nuclear talks with world powers.
Iranian state television aired a speech by Rouhani live Sunday. The president says the Islamic Republic does not seek nuclear weapons.
Rouhani says: "We do not have anything on the table to submit to others except transparency."
His comments come ahead of a new round of talks between Iran and the world powers, which start Tuesday. They also come as hard-liners claim Rouhani's administration has given up too many concessions to the West in return for too little.
In November, Iran agreed to cap its uranium enrichment in exchange for sanctions easing. It is now negotiating a final deal over its contested nuclear program.
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Iran's president says his country only offers transparency in nuclear talks with world powers