Iran vows no weakness over nuclear programme

Tehran, Feb 23: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today Iran should not show weakness over its nuclear programme, a day after Tehran ignored a UN deadline to stop nuclear work which the West says could to used for making bombs.

''If we show weakness in front of the enemy the expectations will increase but if we stand against them, because of this resistance, they will retreat,'' he said in a speech in northern Iran, Iran's ISNA news agency said.

In the past, he said, compromise over the programme, which Tehran says is intended solely for peaceful power supplies, had led to increased demands from the West.

Reuters