Iran offers to enter new 'serious' nuclear talks
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said today that Tehran was ready to enter “serious negotiations” over its disputed nuclear programme, but did not say whether it was willing to suspend uranium enrichment – the key Western demand.
However, Iran did not release any details of what its proposal contains.
Ali Larijani, the top nuclear negotiator, hand-delivered Iran’s response to the Western package of nuclear incentives – aimed at getting Tehran to roll back its nuclear programme – to ambassadors from Britain, China, Russia, France, Germany and Switzerland, state-run television reported.
“Iran is prepared as of tomorrow to enter serious negotiations” with the countries that proposed the package, state-run television quoted Larijani as telling the envoys.
EU officials declined to offer any immediate reaction, saying they needed to study the Iranian offer.
