Agence France Presse – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Monday that Iran was determined to complete its controversial nuclear fuel cycle work and would not back down "one iota" in the face of international pressure.
"The Iranian nation is determined to obtain all of its rights, including full nuclear rights and the complete exploitation of the nuclear fuel cycle," he was quoted as saying by the ISNA news agency.
"It will not back down one iota in the face of ill-intentioned propaganda," he was quoted as telling a rally in the town of Malakan, northwestern Iran.