Mottaki made the remarks to reporters after his meeting with visiting Iraqi politician Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, who heads Iraq's largest Shiite party, the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), reported the official IRNA news agency.

Mottaki told the reporters "the Islamic Republic's response to the package of incentives offered by Europe will be quite transparent, just like our uranium enrichment program.?¡À Meanwhile, Mottaki termed the Europe's package as "a step forward", saying "the Iranian officials reached a consensus on the proposals and we think it's a move and a step forward."

"The package takes both sides' views into consideration,"Mottaki was quoted as saying, stressing that Iran would carefully review the incentives and may bring forward its own proposals.?¡À The six world powers have announced their views, we would carefully study them and give our proposals to the Europeans, and they should also review them," said Mottaki, adding "talks between the two sides will continue."

He said "obviously, the two sides can cooperate with each other, but Iranian officials would not hurry on reviewing the Europe's package and would give the other side our views just after meticulous study of it."

On June 6, European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana presented to Iran a new package over Iran's nuclear issue, which had been agreed by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany in a meeting in Vienna. The proposal includes both incentives aimed at persuading Iran to suspend uranium enrichment and possible sanctions if Iran chooses not to comply.

Iran's top officials have expressed cautious optimism over the new package after their meetings with Solana, saying "there were positive steps but also ambiguities in the package, Iran could only accept parts of the proposals and may bring forward its own opinions, which could be a counter-proposal."

The United States has accused Iran of secretly developing nuclear weapons under a civilian front, a charge categorically denied by Tehran.