Sanctions will not deter nuclear chase: Iran

“We do not find them a deterrent. The more the sanctions,the more determined we will be to pursue our rights,” he said in Farsi which was translated by state-owned English language ‘Press Television’ channel.

Iran has steadfastly maintained that it has the right to pursue nuclear technology as it has signed on to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Washington is ratcheting up pressure to impose new sanctions against Tehran for aggressively pursuing nuclear technology,which they suspect is aimed at making an atom bomb.

Iran denies these allegations,saying its programme is purely for generating electricity. In an interview with the ‘New York Times’,US President Barack Obama said he plans to place new restrictions on the use of atomic weapons as part of a major US nuclear policy overhaul but that he would make exceptions for “outliers like Iran and North Korea.”