Iran refuses to give in to Security Council

IRAN’S hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed yesterday that “no one could make the Iranian nation” give up its nuclear technology.

The US, France and Britain say if Iran does not meet today’s UN Security Council deadline to stop enriching uranium, they will seek to make the demand compulsory. The Security Council is also likely to consider punitive measures.

Iran has rejected the Security Council’s deadline.