Iran to decide on European nuclear proposal

"The Europeans proposed Wednesday to offer Iran a detailed plan for nuclear cooperation in the next two months, which prompted the top Iranian negotiator to state that a deal is not out of reach now. But Hassan Rowhani stressed that the Europeans' proposal, which asks Iran to maintain its suspension of the uranium reprocessing activities in the central city of Isfahan, has to be examined in Tehran," The official Iranian news agency said.

Rowhani told reporters after the meeting in Geneva with the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Britain "In this round of negotiations, the Europeans proposed that they offer within the two months a comprehensive plan for cooperation with Iran in various aspects, including on technical and nuclear affairs.. It was announced to the Europeans that this proposal has to be examined in Tehran and then an answer would be given on whether we accept it or not," Rowhani added, according to IRNA.

The official said the Europeans had promised to propose to the Iranians incentives in all fields such as "political, security, economic, technical and nuclear issues," in return for aggreeing to their proposals.

IRNA reported that "Better relations with Iran would guarantee a constant and stable supply of energy for the EU economy. For its part, Iran seeks closer economic and political ties with the EU, its largest trading partner, and wants more European investments in the Islamic Republic."