TEHRAN, July 16: One of Iran's top ruling scholars vowed on Friday that the Islamic republic will continue to pursue its nuclear programme "at any cost" and is determined to become fully self-sufficient.
"Even if some officials are taking it easy on gaining the technology, the people will not give up," Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said in a Friday prayer sermon in Tehran. "We are resolute. It is worth achieving it at any cost," said Jannati, who heads the supreme council and screens all of the Islamic republic's laws and candidates for public office.
"Nuclear technology is the issue of the day, and neither our officials nor our people will give up this scientific growth," he said. -AFP
