March 07, 2007	Wednesday	Safar 17, 1428

TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign minister denied on Tuesday the remark of the UN nuclear chief that his country had temporarily slowed its nuclear programme, insisting that Iran’s enrichment of uranium was continuing unabated.

“Iran’s legitimate activities with the aim of producing fuel ... are continuing their natural trend,” Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told a press conference. “There has been no change in that course.”

Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation also said that there had been no change in the enrichment schedule.“Iran’s enrichment activities in Natanz are continuing as planned. —AP