UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei met Iranian leaders on Saturday on a visit aimed at persuading Tehran to intensify cooperation with his agency over its contested nuclear programme.
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told ElBaradei that Iran would not submit to the demands of its arch foe the United States in the standoff over the nuclear drive, which the West fears could be aimed at producing a bomb.
Khamenei also reaffirmed that Iran "is against building and using nuclear weapons, on the basis of its religion and principles." He said there was "no justification" for Iran’s case to be taken up by the UN Security Council.