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Iran promises to speed up uranium enrichment as White House protests
By Bridget Johnson
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02/13/10 01:18 PM ET
Iran's
parliament speaker said that attempts by the Obama administration to
quell its nuclear program will only encourage the Islamic Republic to
speed up its uranium enrichment even more.
"Even if U.S.
President Barack Obama dares to repeat threats of tougher
sanction against us as much as 10 times, we will still be determined
to pursue our enrichment program, but with a much faster pace," Ali
Larijani said Thursday, according to remarks carried by the
semi-official Fars News Agency.
"Whenever
we make a significant breakthrough, whether it is launching a
satellite into space or any other technological or scientific
achievement, they quickly demonize it and claim that it is aimed at
military or spying purposes," Larijani said of Western fears that Iran
is developing nuclear weapons. "They can not bear to see our progress,
which is why they want to keep us as an underdeveloped country."
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/81001-iran-promises-to-step-up-uranium-enrichment-with-every-white-house-protest