Iranian letter rejects pressure on nuclear issue

TEHRAN-Iran delivered a letter to EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana on Monday which stressed, according to Iranian media, that foreign pressure on Tehran would not resolve the dispute over its nuclear program.The letter was handed to Solana, who has represented six major powers in nuclear talks with Iran, by Iran's ambassador to the European Union, Solana's spokeswoman Cristina Gallach said.Iranian reports said the letter from Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili was addressed to the foreign ministers of the six powers: the United States, Germany, France, Britain, China and Russia."In the process of talks, pressure cannot resolve the issue," the ISNA news agency quoted Jalili as saying, giving no further information about the content of the letter.Iran's Press TV said in a headline:"Iran rejects any pressure on its nuclear program."Gallach said she did not know the contents."But the letter is now in the hands of Mr. Solana," she said.In Washington, State Department spokesman Robert Wood said he could not comment on the contents until after the United States had consulted with the other five powers.

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