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Iran rules out talks on its nuclear "rights"
Mon Sep 7, 2009 11:26am EDT
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By Zahra Hosseinian and Reza Derakhshi
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's president snubbed on Monday U.S. President Barack Obama's end-September deadline to talk to world powers on its disputed nuclear program, saying in his opinion discussion on the issue is "finished."
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the Islamic Republic was ready for dialogue on "challenges" facing the world but made clear Tehran would not back down in a dispute over atomic activities which the West fears are aimed at making bombs.
"From our view point (discussion of) our nuclear issue is finished ... we will never negotiate on the Iranian nation's obvious rights," he told his first news conference since he was sworn into office following a disputed re-election in June.
In Vienna, U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei said his agency was stuck in "stalemate" with Iran over issues that had stirred international mistrust in its nuclear designs.
Elbaradei's renewed highlighting of the deadlock may be timely for Western powers striving to persuade Russia and China of the need for much harsher sanctions against Iran that could target its gasoline imports.
The West suspects Iran is pursuing the means to produce atomic bombs behind the facade of a civilian nuclear program. Iran says its purpose is only to make electricity.
Obama has given Tehran until later this month to take up a six powers' offer of talks on trade benefits if it stops uranium enrichment, or face harsher sanctions.
But Ahmadinejad said, "cooperation based on respect and justice is contradictory to setting a deadline."
He invited officials from the six powers -- the United States, Britain, China, Russia, France and Germany -- to take a look at Iran's upcoming package of proposals addressing the "main challenges facing humanity."
Iran was ready to negotiate and cooperate on making "peaceful use of clean nuclear energy" available for all countries and in preventing the spread of nuclear arms, he said.
The semi-official ISNA news agency said Iran was likely to unveil the package by the end of this week.
"We have always been and always will be ready for negotiations and for hearing opinions," Ahmadinejad said.
OBAMA DEBATE?
Last Wednesday the six powers pressed Iran to meet them for talks on the nuclear program before a United Nations General Assembly meeting on September 23-25, which will be attended by both the Iranian and U.S. presidents.
The United Nations Security Council has already imposed three sets of sanctions on Iran since 2006, targeting Iranian companies and individuals linked to the nuclear program. Continued...
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