Threats won't work in any atomic talks, says Iran

Tehran, June 8 : Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today said that any talks over its nuclear programme must be in a fair atmosphere and threats would not work.

''Negotiations should take place in a fair atmosphere. If they (the international community) think they can threaten and hang a stick over the head of the Iranian nation and negotiate at the same time, they should know the Iranian nation will reject such an atmosphere,'' he said in a televised speech.

He also said Iran would not negotiate over its ''certain rights''. Ahmadinejad did not mention uranium enrichment, but Iranian officials have previously said enrichment, which the West wants Iran to stop, is a national right.

Reuters

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