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By Louis Charbonneau and Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran will never slow down its nuclear research program, the Islamic Republic's clerical supreme leader said on Wednesday as negotiators from Tehran and six world powers struggled to narrow "significant gaps" blocking the way to a long-term deal. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tehran's negotiating team should not yield to issues "forced upon them". "These negotiations should continue," he told nuclear scientists in Tehran, the official IRNA news agency reported. "But all should know that negotiations will not stop or slow down any of Iran's activities in nuclear research and development." Tehran denies suspicions that it is after nuclear weapons.More...