Iran will take ânew measuresâ in its nuclear and foreign policy, the Islamic republicâs hard-line President-elect Mahmood Ahmadinejad said yesterday. âThere will be new measures concerning foreign policy. Today, the current government is in place and takes decisions and these decision are respectable,â he told reporters when asked about his view on nuclear policy and relations with the United States. âDefinitely the new government will take new measures which will be announced when the time comes,â he said after a meeting with deputies in the conservative-controlled Parliament. Ahmadinejad, who takes over from reformist President Mohammad Khatami on Aug. 3, did not elaborate on the ânew measuresâ.
Iran is at a sensitive juncture in its negotiations with Britain, France and Germany, who are trying to convince Iran to abandon sensitive nuclear fuel cycle technology â which could be diverted to making a bomb â in exchange for a package of incentives. In comments published by the Kayhan newspaper, several top Iranian negotiators said the country would soon resume enrichment and will reject any EU proposal that does not recognize the Islamic republicâs right to do so. |