Tehran, Feb 3, SPA -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in reaction to the remarks of IAEA Chief Mohamed ElBaradei that "Iran has the right to access nuclear technology, but does not need to enrich uranium" said Thursday that the essence of nuclear energy was the same as enrichment. Talking after the IAEA Board of Governors' extraordinary meeting on Thursday, ElBaradei said the Board of Governors had decided to call on Iran to restore full suspension of enrichment until a final decision was reached on the extent and nature of the process. Speaking at a gathering of people in the town of Tangestan to the south of Bushehr province on the second day of his provincial visit on Thursday, the president said " the enemies intend to deprive Iran of its legitimate right." "Today, an IAEA official said there is no need for uranium enrichment in Iran. They are determined to deprive us of our legal rights to access nuclear technology so that they would sell the same to us at a very high price," he added. Addressing Iran's antagonists and opponents, the president said as an independent nation, the Iranians will continue their efforts to restore their legitimate rights and will not yield (to pressure tactics). "They ask us to enrich uranium outside Iran. Even if we accepted such a proposal, what should we do if one day they fail to supply us with our required nuclear fuel? How can we trust that our nuclear fuel requirement would be supplied?" --SPA 14 16 Local Time 11 16 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/323326