Iranian official signals no scaling back in nuclear activity

Iran will press ahead with its uranium enrichment programme, its nuclear energy chief said on Friday, suggesting there will be no change of course despite the election on June 14 of a relative moderate as president.

Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani, head of the Islamic Republic's Atomic Energy Organisation, said production of nuclear fuel would "continue in line with our declared goals. The enrichment linked to fuel production will also not change." (Reuters)