Iran says wants atomic talks without condition

TEHRAN, Feb 20 (Reuters) The Iranian president said today that Iran wanted talks over its nuclear programme 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 TV, a day before the UN deadline to halt enrichment.

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