Tehran, Sept. 20: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday denied the West’s charge that Tehran aims to develop nuclear weapons under a covert programme, insisting the Islamic republic bans such activity. "They falsely accuse the Islamic republic of producing nuclear weapons. We fundamentally reject nuclear weapons and prohibit the production and the use of nuclear weapons ... They know themselves that it’s not true ... but it is part of Iran-phobia policy that controls the behaviour of these arrogant governments today." The comments came ahead of a meeting in two weeks between Iran and six world powers which have demanded Tehran halt its uranium enrichment programme, a process which can be used to make material for an atomic bomb. Full Article at Asian Age