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Iranian official says suspension not to be indefinite TEHRAN, Wednesday (Xinhua) A top Iranian nuclear official said here that Iran's suspension of uranium enrichment activities was only a temporary move and would never be indefinite. "The Islamic republic has not renounced its nuclear fuel cycle and it will use it," Hassan Rowhani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, told reporters. "The suspension will only last as long as the related negotiations go on. It should be for months but not for years," Rowhani said, adding that both a UN resolution and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed that the suspension was not obligatory and legal. Rowhani said Iran had obtained a great success in recent nuclear negotiations, stressing that the United States had been frustrated on its attempt to refer Iran's nuclear case to the UN Security Council. Rowhani further noted that Iran's nuclear dossier should be closed. |
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