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Submitted by ctv_en_3 on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 10:25
Iran's response to the international community's offer of incentives in return for cutbacks in its nuclear program is not acceptable, two senior US officials said.

Top Iranian negotiator Saeed Jalili sent the one-page document on Tuesday to European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana in response to the council's proposed incentives, officials said.


The council had offered to suspend sanctions against Tehran in exchange for a suspension of its uranium enrichment activity, which the international community fears could contribute to the production of a nuclear weapon.


The document says the Iranians are "ready to provide a clear response" to the offer as soon as the world powers that tendered it "provide a clear response" to questions posed by Iran in a paper it submitted last month at talks in Geneva.


The Security Council said Iran's statement on Tuesday came in after a weekend deadline that was originally set, but Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki insisted last week that no such deadline existed.


The US State Department said this week more sanctions against Iran would be considered in the absence of a positive response.

VOVNews/CNN

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