NO NUCLEAR SUSPENSION
Washington is pushing for a third round of U.N. sanctions against Iran over its atomic activities, even though a U.S. national intelligence estimate last month said Iran had stopped its nuclear weapons program in 2003.Khamenei, who like other Iranian leaders often rails against the West, suggested the example of Iraq showed the United States would remain a "danger" even if the two countries had relations."Because of America's conditions ... establishing this relationship now would be harmful for us and naturally we shouldn't follow it," he said."Some accuse us of provoking the enmity of America but their enmity towards Iran ... is towards the principles of the Iranian nation."Iranian and U.S. officials eased a diplomatic freeze last year by holding three rounds of talks in Baghdad since May, but those discussions were limited to Iraq.Khamenei rejected the suggestion by Washington and Moscow that Iran should stop its own nuclear uranium enrichment after Russia began delivering fuel in December to Iran's first atomic power plant in Bushehr."This is like telling a country with huge oil reserves that it should provide for its oil needs from abroad," he said.Enriched uranium can be used as fuel for power plants but also, if refined much further, provide material for bombs.Iranian officials say the country needs domestic nuclear fuel production for other power plants it wants to build."The Americans had no choice but to accept their failure in stopping Iran's nuclear achievements," Khamenei said.
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