<span style="color: #222222;">Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said today that Iran's abidance by nuclear inspections proves it does not seek to develop atomic weapons despite having scaled back its compliance with a 2015 accord.<br />'' <br />'' Iran fired up advanced centrifuges to boost its enriched uranium stockpiles on September 7 as the latest scaling back of commitments under the crumbling 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.<br />'' <br />'' The Islamic republic acted on a threat to further abandon its nuclear commitments based on a deadline it set for European powers to act to shield it from US sanctions.<br />'' <br />'' Rouhani, speaking to reporters at Tehran's Mehrabad airport on his return from the 74th UN General Assembly, stressed all Iran's nuclear activities would continue to be monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency.<br />'' <br />'' </span><br />