Iran will not retreat 'one iota' over nuclear plans

Iran will not retreat one iota on its uranium enrichment, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today, signalling there would be no concessions in talks with the head of the UN nuclear agency who arrived to head off a confrontation with the Security Council.

“We have not seen diversion of nuclear material for weapons purposes, but the picture is still hazy and not very clear,” the UN nuclear chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, told reporters after talks with Iran’s nuclear officials.