Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani attends a conference to mark the martyrs of terrorism in Tehran September 6, 2011. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Iran will press ahead with its uranium enrichment programme, its nuclear energy chief said on Friday, signalling no change of course despite the victory of a relative moderate in the June 14 presidential election.
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."
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