[FREE IRAN Project] In The Spirit Of Cyrus The Great

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TEHRAN, Oct 21 (Reuters) - A senior Iranian official was quoted as saying on Tuesday Iran was not prepared to totally abandon its disputed uranium enrichment programme which Washington says could be used to make atomic bombs.

"We believe that stopping enriching uranium is totally unacceptable and we think nobody agrees with (doing) that in Iran," Supreme National Security Council chief Hassan Rohani was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency.

Iran earlier on Tuesday agreed to temporarily freeze its uranium enrichment activities and allow snap U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites in a bid to defuse international concerns about its atomic ambitions.

Enriched uranium can be used to fuel reactors but if enriched further, can be used in warheads.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has found arms-grade enriched uranium at two facilities in Iran this year. Iran blames the findings on contamination from parts it bought abroad on the black market.

"All of Iran's peaceful nuclear activities, including enriching uranium, are the Iranian nation's obvious right ... and nobody can take away this obvious right," Rohani said.

"When we consider something as our obvious right we will not yield," he added.

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