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'Iran prepared for Western pressure over nuclear program'
By DPA
Tags: Iran, Israel News 

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that Iran was prepared for Western pressures in case of renewed sanctions against the country, official news agency IRNA reported.

"It is a grave mistake (by the West) to think that we would give in to accusations, impoliteness, insults and spread of and retreat from our (nuclear) rights," Ahmadinejad said in a meeting with war veterans.

During a European Union foreign ministerial meeting in Stockholm, Tehran's continued refusal to disclose details of its controversial nuclear program again generated calls for sanctions against Iran.
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The leaders of France and Germany earlier this week issued a joint statement calling for tougher sanctions if Iran fails to enter talks on its nuclear program ahead of a September 30 deadline.

"We have prepared ourselves for pressures (sanctions) and as far as my government is concerned, there will not be a withdrawal from the principles, not even one iota," Ahmadinejad said.

Iran reportedly plans to present new proposals to the six countries involved in the nuclear dispute with Iran - the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States, plus Germany - by early next week.

The proposals are widely expected not to bring a breakthrough as, according to Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Ghashghavi, they would solely deal with global peace, security and justice.

The international community fears that Iran has been engaged in a secret nuclear weapons program that could eventually be used against Israel.

Tehran has categorically denied the charges, and said its nuclear projects are for civilian and peaceful purposes.

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