Iran-IAEA nuclear talks continues

Iranian officials and a technical delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency started their second day of the third round of negotiations at Iran's Atomic Energy Organization in Tehran.

An informed official said that Herman Nackaerts, director for regional department of Safeguards Operation, heads the IAEA delegation, while Ali-Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's permanent envoy to IAEA, chairs Iranian team in this round of negotiations. He said that the three-day negotiations are being held at expert level and is to be concluded on Wednesday.

"A number of experts from Ministry of Foreign Affairs were scheduled to take part in the talks." Tehran addressed all questions raised by the International Atomic Energy Agency in order to remove the West's concern on its peaceful nuclear program based on a work plan signed on August 21.

Meantime, Iran has received no official report about an upcoming visit to Tehran by the European Union's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mohammad-Ali Hosseini, said on Sunday.

Media reports said that a representative from the EU was expected to visit Iran, Hosseini said. He made the remarks responding to a question on whether Solana was due to bring a package of proposals from the Group 5+1 for Iran.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mohammad-Ali Hosseini, said on Sunday that Iran will not consider any package or proposal violating rights of the nation.

He added that no new package has been presented by the European party to Iran.

He criticized the Western governments for the approach they adopted toward Iran's nuclear program over the past several years and said that Iran's nuclear program steers clear of the Western accusations.