Iran tells it is serious in nuclear talks

IRAN: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday told visiting Syrian president and staunch regional ally Bashar al-Assad that Tehran is serious about finding a practical solution to the nuclear crisis.

“We are serious in talks and we want the talks to be based on the law so it will bear practical results. We hope that other sides are serious too,” Ahmadinejad told Assad in remarks broadcast live on state-run television.

On Saturday evening Ahmadinejad was quoted as telling his Syrian counterpart that Tehran “will not give an inch on its nuclear rights.” His comments coincide with this weekend’s US deadline for Iran to respond to an international package of incentives for it to freeze its drive to enrich uranium amid warnings of new sanctions if it does not.

Tehran, Sunday, AFP