TEHRAN, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says his country will continue its nuclear program, saying the West's monopoly on nuclear energy must end.
Speaking to a crowd in Semnan, east of Tehran, Khamenei said "a majority of world countries believe the monopoly of certain powers on nuclear energy should be broken," the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
He was quoted as saying "a majority of world countries are sincerely grateful to the Iranian nation and praise it for the path it has bravely taken."
The leader said, "The Iranian nation will bravely move forward in this honorable path with the help of its current generation of wise and vigilant loyal supporters who oppose Western attitudes and approaches."
