Iran \"will not give up one iota\" of its nuclear rights, Iranian President Hassan Rowhani said on Tuesday in a speech to clerics, Mehr news agency reported. \"Our government will not give up one iota of its absolute rights\" on the nuclear issue, Rowhani said. His comments come ahead of a meeting in New York later in the month between Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on restarting negotiations over Iran\'s contested nuclear programme.