DAR AL HARB/ISLAM - U.S.A./IRAN: "ARE WE GETTING TO A POINT WHERE THE IRANIANS ARE PREPARTED TO SUSPEND NUKE WORK"?!?!?

Rice sees no sign Iran drop sensitive atom work
By Sue Pleming

MADRID (Reuters) - Iran has not provided any evidence to suggest it is willing to freeze sensitive nuclear work, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday following talks between Tehran and the European Union.

Rice said on arrival in Madrid, where EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Iranian negotiator Ali Larijani met on Thursday, that she had not yet been briefed on the substance of the meeting.

"But I hope they were constructive," Rice told reporters traveling with her. "The only question is: are we getting to a point where the Iranians are prepared to suspend (sensitive nuclear work) so that negotiations can begin?"

"I don't see any evidence of it but I frankly haven't had a chance to speak to Javier (Solana) since the talks concluded," she said.

Rice said she would speak to Solana on Friday or Saturday. Her busy schedule in Spain included talks with the king, prime minister and foreign minister before heading back to Washington.

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