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The Supreme Leader said that Iranian nation's resistance to conspiracies and greed of the arrogant powers has led to the progress of young talented Iranians.

"The miraculous breakthrough young Iranian scientists have made in the field of nuclear energy without help of foreign countries is a clear example of progress Iran has made over the past several years," the Supreme Leader said.

Ayatollah Khamenei said that Iran is interested in settlement of the nuclear issues adding that Iran will not negotiate its legitimate rights and expects the parties involved in negotiations with Iran to recognize Iranian rights.

"On issues pertaining to objective guarantees and supervision as envisaged in the Non-Proliferation Treaty and Safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran is ready to negotiate and preparations have been made in this respect," he said.

The Supreme Leader underscored the fact that the big powers are using negotiations as a lever to exert pressure on countries and for this reason negotiation with the US is not useful for Iran and there is no need for such a negotiation when Iran observes international guarantees.

Ayatollah Khamenei said that the Islamic states are expected to support Iranian rights enshrined by international conventions and stand against expectations of the United States and the Zionists especially in the upcoming summit in Senegal of leaders of the African Union (AU) which would be a good opportunity to bring up the issue given that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has decided to attend the summit.

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