Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic would not retreat from its nuclear path, following the release of an IAEA report the previous day saying that Iran has been seeking to obtain nuclear weapons.

Photo taken on Aug. 21, 2010 shows a view of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran. [Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua]

Tehran has repeatedly insisted on the "peaceful" aspects of its nuclear program. However, the United States and its western allies worry that Iran would use the uranium enrichment to produce nuclear weapons.