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| Iran official denies comments on nuke talks: TV |
| 2009-08-19 |
| A top Iranian nuclear official has denied saying that Tehran was ready to hold talks with the West on its atomic drive "without preconditions," state television reported on Tuesday. "No comments or interview with TV networks have been made on nuclear talks or conditions," the television quoted Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, as saying. The television had earlier quoted Soltanieh as saying: "Negotiations without preconditions is Iran's main stance on the nuclear issue." Instead, Soltanieh said he had referred to a letter he sent to the IAEA calling for the U.N. nuclear watchdog's September meeting to approve an initiative to prohibit armed attacks against nuclear facilities around the world. "The only issue that was raised was to ban threats and attacks on the world's nuclear installations, because it is an international issue," he said, the television reported. |
| Posted by:Fred |