Irans Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei refused on Monday to give up his country’s development of ballistic missiles, criticizing European countries for their positions on US sanctions. "From some European countries we get the message that they expect the Iranian people to both tolerate the sanctions, deal with and go along with them and give up our nuclear energy activities and continue with the restrictions," he told an audience commemorating the 29th anniversary of the death of Iran’s first supreme leader, Khomeini. “This dream will not come true,” he vowed. Khamenei said the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) must make the necessary arrangements to reach 190,000 SWU within the framework provided by the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). However, Iran’s uranium enrichment would be limited to 5060 IR-1 centrifuges for ten years based on the JCPOA. The agreement also allows Iran to enrich uranium in research and development without storing enriched uranium and obtaining more efficient centrifuges, such as IR-4, IR-5, IR-6, and IR-8. Khamenei asserted: "The Iranian nation and government will not tolerate being under sanctions and stop nuclear ambitions.” Moreover, he considered the issue of ballistic missiles non-negotiable, pointing out: “Today, our youth have made us the foremost missile power in the region. The enemy must know, if they strike us just once, we will strike back tenfold!” Khamenei criticized internal parties, accusing them of collaborating with "enemies" to oppose the ballistic missile program. "Those insiders who help the enemy, with its psychological war, are today trying to impose a distorted JCPOA on the country.” Khamenei had previously said Tehran reserved the right to resume its uranium enrichment program "at the industrial level" if the deal collapsed.