Iran says talks, not sanctions, only way in atom row
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's chief nuclear negotiator told major powers on Thursday that talks, not more sanctions, offered the only way forward for resolving an escalating standoff over Tehran's disputed nuclear program.
But the United States said the best way to settle the dispute was for Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment, which Washington and its allies fear is aimed at producing a nuclear bomb, and urged Tehran to change its "confrontational course."
Speaking two days before a new round of exploratory talks with European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, Larijani said: "With (U.N.) resolutions they can not stop Iran's move but with negotiations they can reach a solution."
The United States said on Tuesday it and five other world powers -- Britain, Russia, France, Germany and China -- had begun discussing a third round of U.N. sanctions against Iran over its nuclear defiance.
Iran has repeatedly said such pressure will not make it halt sensitive atom work it says is solely aimed at generating electricity.
"Harsh words against the Iranian nation will have a stronger response ... if they speak softly and logically it is in their own advantage," Larijani said in a speech in Tehran, according to the Web site of the Iranian state broadcaster.
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Thursday, June 21, 2007
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