Brussels, 17/10/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 16 October, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei confirmed that Iran would not capitulate on its nuclear programme, in spite of new European sanctions adopted the previous day by the EU27 foreign affairs ministers (see EUROPE 10710).
The Western countries “say that the pressure aims to take Iran back to the negotiating table, but we have never left it”, Khamenei said. “The real objective of those who represent this political...