Tehran - The Iranian judiciary issued an eight-year prison term for an Iranian-American journalist on charges of spying for the United States, her lawyer told reporters in Tehran Saturday.

The court has not yet issued any official statement and no further details were available.

Roxana Saberi, 31, a reporter for US National Public Radio, has been in custody since January in Tehran's Evin prison.

Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said during a military ceremony Saturday in Tehran that no country would dare to attack Iran.

"With Iran's military might, the enemies would not dare anymore to even threaten Iran," Ahmadinejad said on National Army Day in Tehran.

The president's comments came after renewed speculation that the new Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would attack Iran to stop its alleged efforts to create an atomic bomb.

Israeli President Shimon Peres denied those rumors and said there was no military option to deal with Iran's nuclear programme.

Beijing  - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said China is willing to mediate in talks over Iran's nuclear development, state media reported Saturday.

Wen said in a meeting with Parviz Davoodi, first vice president of Iran, that China respects Iran's development of a nuclear programme for non-aggressive purposes, the official Xinhua news agency said.

Jerusalem  - Israeli President Shimon Peres said Thursday there was no military solution to Iran's nuclear programme.

"All this talk of an Israeli attack in Iran is incorrect," a statement from his office quoted Peres as telling US special envoy George Mitchell.

"The solution," he said, "is not military."

Washington - The United States would be willing to consider any proposal presented by Iran as long as it addresses international concerns about the Islamic state's nuclear activities, the US State Department said Wednesday.

"We've said we're willing to have a direct dialogue with Iran," spokesman Robert Wood said. "And if they come up with some new package with regard to their nuclear programme, we'll have to take a look and see what it is."

Tehran- Iran and the European Union on Monday agreed to resume talks over Iran's controversial nuclear programme, which for the first time could involve direct negotiations with the United States. During a telephone conversation between Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saaid Jalili and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, the two sides agreed to pursue talks between Tehran and the so-called P5+1 group, state television network IRIB reported.