Advertisement "But the offer that the Iranians need to make is to suspend activity that could lead to the enrichment of nuclear material that could be used in creating a bomb," Snow said.
Ahmadinejad had told a rally broadcast on Iranian state television that, "If they say that we should close down our fuel production facilities to resume talks, we say fine, but those who enter talks with us should also close down their nuclear fuel production facilities."
Ahmadinejad told a crowd of thousands in northern Iran that it was no problem for his country to stop, as long as Western nations did the same.
"Justice demands that those who want to hold talks with us shut down their nuclear fuel cycle program too," he said. "Then, we can hold dialogue under a fair atmosphere."
The Iranian president also said that Iran wanted talks over its nuclear program, but would not accept preconditions to freeze uranium enrichment as demanded by a UN Security Council resolution.
"They tell us 'come and negotiate on Iran's nuclear issue but the condition is to stop your activities.' We have said that we want negotiations and talks but negotiations under just conditions," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a speech broadcast on state television.
Iranian official: Tehrans wants to renew nuclear talks
Tehran wants new talks on its nuclear program, a senior Iranian official said Tuesday, the eve of a United Nations Security Council deadline for his country to stop uranium enrichment or face the threat of harsher
sanctions.
"We are looking for ways and means to start negotiations," said Ali Larijani, Iran's senior nuclear negotiator, as he headed into talks with Mohamed ElBaradei, the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Asked what his side was seeking, Larijani replied: "Constructive dialogue that could ... address the concerns both of Tehran and of the world powers fearing that Iran wanted to use enrichment to develop nuclear arms.
Der Streit um das iranische Atomprogramm beschäftigt weiterhin die Politiker und Atomexperten. Am Dienstag, den 20. Februar 2007, traf der iranische Chefunterhändler Ali Laridschani in Wien mit dem Vorsitzenden der Internationalen Atomenergieorganisation (IAEO) Mohammed el-Baradei zusammen. In einem zweistündigen Gespräch über ein Aussetzen der Urananreicherung im Iran kam es zu keiner Annäherung.

Obwohl am heutigen Mittwoch die gesetzte Frist abläuft, wird die IAEO den Mitgliedern des UN-Sicherheitsrates ihren Bericht zur iranischen Urananreicherung voraussichtlich erst Donnerstag oder Freitag vorlegen. Der UN-Sicherheitsrates wird danach entscheiden, ob die Sanktionen gegen den Iran fortgesetzt werden.

Mittlerweile äußerte der Präsident des Iran Mahmud Ahmadinedschad in einer Rede, dass man mit der Urananreicherung aufhören wolle, sofern sich auch der Westen zu diesem Schritt entschließe.