The mullahs thumb their noses at Europe: Iran Rejects Any Deal to End Uranium Enrichment.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Saturday it would reject any proposal to halt uranium enrichment, a step European Union diplomats are proposing to end a row over whether Iran is seeking atomic weapons.

EU diplomats have said they are seeking U.S. and Russian support for a deal that would ask Iran to give up uranium enrichment in return for technical and economic assistance.

“Any proposal which deprives Iran of its legitimate right to a fuel cycle is not acceptable,” Hossein Mousavian, Iran’s head of foreign policy on the Supreme National Security Council, told state television.

Feckless France, impervious to insult, will continue to pursue diplomacy.

The French Foreign Ministry in Paris, asked about Mousavian’s remarks, said France would still push for Iran to give up its enrichment program.

“Time is short. France and its partners will continue to work with the Iranian authorities … with, as their goal, securing the complete suspension by Iran of its enrichment and reprocessing activities,” a spokesman said.

“Time is short—so we must negotiate even harder!”