Khamenei says Iran won''t build nuclear bombs

(19 Aug 2005)

1. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran''s supreme leader, goes to the podium for speech
2. Worshippers shouting slogans
3. Ayatollah Khamenei at Friday prayers
4. Iranian officials attending prayers
5. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran''s supreme leader

"We continued the process of negotiations, so soft, rational and cautious. We have stressed it from the beginning and we say it once more, that the Iranian nation won''t accept unreasonable demands or threats from any power, and we won''t pay tribute to anyone."

1. People shouting slogans
2. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran''s supreme leader

"We aren''t afraid of anyone. We have the necessary power to defend our rights and we won''t give up our rights. No one has the right to compromise over a nation''s interests."

1. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and speaker of parliament Haddad Adel among officials
2. Cameraman with picture of Khamenei in his lens
3. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran''s supreme leader

"America''s promises to the Iraqi people didn''t come true and the Iraqi''s hatred of America grew more day by day. Nowadays, probably no one is more hated than George Bush among the Iraqis."

1. People shouting slogans
2. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran''s supreme leader

"Nearly everyone knows that America is behind the clashes between Shias and Sunnis in Iraq, and everyone knows that America is in favour of insecurity in Iraq so they can continue their illegal occupation."

1. Various of prayers and officials

STORYLINE:

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran''s supreme leader, says Iran doesn''t intend to build nuclear bombs, but it won''t give up its right to enrich uranium because it wants to produce nuclear fuel without relying on foreign help.

Khamenei was speaking at Friday prayers at Tehran University in the Iranian capital.

He also said that Iran''s next step would be to build nuclear power plants without help from abroad.

Russia is currently putting the finishing touches to a nuclear power plant in southern Iran.

"We aren''t afraid of anyone. We have the necessary power to defend our rights and we won''t give up our rights. No one has the right to compromise over a nation''s interests," Khamenei told tens of thousands of worshippers.

"America''s promises to the Iraqi people didn''t come true and the Iraqi''s hatred of America grew more day by day. Nowadays, probably no one is more hated than George Bush among the Iraqis," he added.

Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters, said Iran wanted to enrich uranium to low levels for use as fuel in nuclear reactors to generate electricity, not to a higher weapons-grade level for use in atomic bombs, as America accuses Iran of seeking to do.

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