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Iran says to resume nuke talks in Sept conditionally

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-07-06 20:57

TEHRAN - Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili announced on Tuesday that Iran can resume nuclear talks from September 1 if specific conditions are met, the official IRNA news agency reported.  

Jalili, in a letter responding to European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton's talks offer, said "in order to initiate the talks your answer to the three following questions (of Iran) is needed." The letter was published by IRNA.

"Is the objective of the resumption of the talks cooperation or the continuation of enmity with Iranians' rights," Jalili was quoted as saying.

"Are you committed to the logic of the talks which necessitates avoiding threats and pressures (on Iran)," he said.

Iran's third question was that "in order to clarify the basics of the bilateral talks, what is your (West's) position concerning the Zionist (Israel) regimes' nuclear weapons?"

According to the letter, the conditions have already been set by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

In June, Ahmadinejad said Iran would postpone nuclear talks with the West to late August to punish the West for imposing economic sanctions on the country.