The Associated Press
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday Iran will neither halt uranium enrichment nor negotiate over its nuclear rights but is ready to sit and talk with world powers over "global challenges." Ahmadinejad also said Iran will present its package of proposals to the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany but rejected any deadline for such talks.
The hard-line Iranian president didn't specify what will be up for discussion — or if it would even involve its disputed nuclear program — but vaguely said Iran has prepared a package of proposals that would "identify challenges facing humanity ... and resolve global concerns."
"From our point of view, Iran's nuclear issue is over. We continue our work within the framework of global regulations and in close interaction with the International Atomic Energy Agency," he said. "We will never negotiate over obvious rights of the Iranian nation." (Read more...)
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