Tehran - Iran has sent a new letter to the European Union
over the ongoing nuclear dispute, ISNA news agency reported Monday.
ISNA quoted an unnamed official as saying that the Iranian
ambassador in Brussels would deliver a letter by Iran's chief nuclear
negotiator Saeed Jalili to EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana on
Monday.
Without disclosing any details about the contents of the letter,
the official just said that the letter deals with the latest
developments in the nuclear dispute and the recent approach by the
West against Iran.
The United Nations Security Council last week issued a fourth
resolution against Iran calling on the Islamic state to halt its
nuclear activities, but did not seek additional sanctions.
Jalili had termed the resolution as 'not constructive' and merely
aimed at 'showing solidarity' among the world powers.
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Sunday said that
Iran would neither withdraw from its right to enrich uranium nor
become dependent on others for providing nuclear fuel for Iranian
plants.
Also Iranian Atomic Energy Organization head Gholam-Reza Aqazadeh
said Monday that the suspension of uranium enrichment would be Iran's
'red line,' adding the West should know that Tehran would never make
any concessions in this regard.
Tehran insists that its nuclear projects are peaceful and says
that as signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the
country has an internationally acknowledged right to a civilian
nuclear programme, including uranium enrichment.
Iran has indicated it is ready to hold negotiations with the world
powers to settle the dispute, but without any pre-conditions.
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