Comments come as U.N. watchdog warns of a ‘stalemate’ over program
VIENNA - Iran veered closer toward the possibility of being slapped with tough new international sanctions Monday after its president refused to stop enriching uranium and the U.N. nuclear watchdog warned of a "stalemate" with the country.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran is ready to talk with world powers about unspecified "global concerns" — but he insisted his government will neither halt uranium enrichment nor negotiate over its nuclear rights.
"From our point of view, Iran's nuclear issue is over," Ahmadinejad declared in Tehran.