Iran's nuclear rights not negotiable, says Ahmadinejad

Tehran, Nov. 16 (ANI): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has reiterated that his country has every right to be a nuclear power, and confrontation on this issue would only make the country "more powerful and more developed."

Ahmadinejad added that nuclear activities in Iran were happening within the framework of IAEA regulations.

"Iran is ready for constructive and honest cooperation with western countries in the field of nuclear technology," the Jerusalem Post quoted him, as saying.

Speaking during a meeting with members of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) in Teheran, Ahmadinejad accused the media of being "the lever of international Zionism to dominate the entire world" by magnifying the slightest issues in Asian countries to put pressure on their governments while disregarding "plenty of the ugliest measures in the US and occupied territories of Palestine." (ANI)