Iran won’t drop its nuclear ambitions, says supreme leader

IRAN’S supreme leader and its president said yesterday that Tehran would not abandon its nuclear programme and rejected its referral to the UN Security Council as unjust.

Supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who has the final say in all state matters, told a group of clerics that Iran would not drop its nuclear ambitions, state television reported.

“Authorities are obliged to continue toward achieving advanced technology, including nuclear energy,” he said. “The people and the government will resist any force or conspiracy.”