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Iran To Delay Return To Nuclear Talks With West

June 28, 2010

President Mahmud Ahmadinejad today said Iran was prepared to return to talks with the West over Tehran's controversial nuclear program but not until late August.

Ahmadinejad told a news conference in Tehran that the delay was aimed at teaching the West the way of talking to other nations.

The comment comes after the UN Security Council approved new sanctions against Iran earlier this month over Tehran's refusal to halt uranium enrichment. The West suspects Iran's nuclear program is designed to produce nuclear weapons, but Tehran says it is for fuel and medical use.

Ahmadinejad also rejected the remarks of the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta, that the CIA believes Iran has enough low-enriched uranium to produce two nuclear weapons if it finds a way to further enrich it.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called the information "worrying."

compiled from agency reports

Source: http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_To_Delay_Return_To_Nuclear_Talks_With_West/2085039.html

Copyright (c) 2010. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036.