Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that his country will not give up its "nuclear rights".
Iran has signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, which affords nations the right to civilian nuclear technology in exchange for not acquiring nuclear weapons. However, the IAEA has judged Iran to be in violation of its agreements. Iran is also not disclosing its nuclear activities fully and not allowing full inspections. Sanctions have been imposed on Iran by the UN Security Council which is crippling its economy.
Iran's continued enrichment of uranium to near a "weapons-useable" threshold, and work on its Arak heavy water reactor, which would produce plutonium, which can be used in a future nuclear bomb, is the main issue which has been bothering the international community.
Third round of nuclear talks between Iran and world powers( the US, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany ) has opened in Geneva on 20 November.
"I insist on stabilising the rights of the Iranian nation, including the nuclear rights," and "I insist on not retreating one step from the rights of the Iranian nation." Iran's supreme leader had said just a few hours before the start of the third round of Geneva talks.
