TEHRAN, Iran —Sunday August 3, 2008 - Iran's president says diplomacy is the only way out of his country's nuclear standoff with the West. State TV aired footage Sunday of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad saying "there is no way except talks and obedience to the law."He says Iran is "serious in nuclear talks" and hopes "the other side" will do the same.
A deadline expired this weekend for Tehran to respond to a package of incentives offered by six world powers, in exchange for Iran's promise to curb uranium enrichment. That's a process that can generate electricity, or the material for a nuclear bomb. Ahmadinejad said Saturday his country would not give up its "nuclear rights," and that any participation in international talks would "be aimed at reinforcing" those rights. More >>>
