Iranian speaker backs 20 percent uranium enrichment
June 17th, 2010 - 6:43 am ICT by IANSTehran, June 17 (IANS) Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani Wednesday urged the government to start enriching uranium to 20 percent, the state-run Press TV reported.
The remarks came as EU member-states Monday agreed to introduce extra measures against the Islamic republic, in addition to the sanctions resolution adopted by the UN Security Council last week.
Addressing lawmakers at a parliamentary session, Larijani criticised the West for bringing new sanctions against Iran, describing the measures as “unjustified”.
He urged the government to put up strong resistance against the measures.
The speaker blasted the EU and the US for failure to deliver their promise of supplying nuclear fuel for a research reactor in Tehran.
The Western countries accuse Iran of trying to develop atomic bombs in the garb of its civilian nuclear programme.
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