(RIA Novosti) - Iran will continue to pursue a civilian nuclear-energy program and Western pressure designed to force the Islamic Republic to renounce its projects will not produce any results, the president said Friday.
"The government and people of Iran have the firm intention to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and will not give up its right," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a statement, reports Trend.
The foreign ministers of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany met in Vienna Thursday, where the threat of military action against Tehran was averted.