July 5, 2006

EU-Iran nuclear talks postponed: Iranian official

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Crucial talks due on Wednesday between
the European Union and Iran on incentives to a end a nuclear
stand-off have been postponed for a week, an Iranian official
said.

"The meeting has changed to the next week. They (the
Iranian delegation) will not come (to Brussels) today," a
senior Iranian nuclear official who requested anonymity told
Reuters.

The office of EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, whose
had been due to meet Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani,
could not immediately confirm whether the meeting, set by
Western powers as a deadline for Iran's response, was off.