IRAN INTERNATIONAL -- Iran will not accept Western demands to curb its nuclear and missile programs even at the risk of another war, security chief Ali Larijani said on Monday, accusing the United States and its allies of seeking Tehran's submission.

Larijani told a Tehran conference that Western concern over Iran’s nuclear activities was “only a pretext,” adding that calls to restrict Tehran’s regional influence and missile capabilities were aimed at weakening the Islamic Republic. 

"(Iran) will not retreat from its path of independence and dignity, even at the cost of full confrontation,” the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said.