Tehran- Talks between Iran and the United Nations nuclear watchdog started in Tehran Thursday, state media reported.

The chief inspector of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Oli Heinonen, and officials of the Iranian Atomic Organization, headed by Vice President Gholam-Reza Aqazadeh are to discuss the remaining ambiguities in Tehran's nuclear projects and the course of future cooperation.

Tehran - Iran has presented its reply to an offer by world powers to resolve the dispute over its nuclear activities, Fars news agency reported Tuesday.

The reply was delivered to European Union officials by the Iranian ambassador to Brussels, Fars said without giving further details.

The offer by the five United Nations veto powers plus Germany is for far-reaching economic cooperation with Iran, including the field of civilian-sector nuclear power, in return for a pledge by Tehran to refrain from uranium enrichment activities.

On Monday, the United States warned that Iran would face new Security Council sanctions if it did not accept the offer of fresh talks and incentives.

Tehran  - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said that no deadline had been set for Iran by world powers regarding the ongoing dispute over the Islamic republic's nuclear programme, Tehran media reported Thursday.

"The terminology of deadline is not clear us as we have presented the world powers our standpoints and now await their view," Mottaki was quoted as saying by official news agency IRNA.

Washington had following talks in Geneva on July 19 between Iran and the five UN veto powers plus Germany (5+1) said that Tehran had two weeks to respond to the latest package aimed at resolving the nuclear dispute. That deadline is due to expire on Saturday.

Tehran - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said that no deadline had been set for Iran by world powers regarding the ongoing dispute over the Islamic republic's nuclear programme, Tehran media reported Thursday.

"The terminology of deadline is not clear us as we have presented the world powers our standpoints and now await their view," Mottaki was quoted as saying by official news agency IRNA.

Washington had following talks in Geneva on July 19 between Iran and the five UN veto powers plus Germany (5+1) said that Tehran had two weeks to respond to the latest package aimed at resolving the nuclear dispute. That deadline is due to expire on Saturday.

Tehran - Iran's supreme leader said Wednesday that world powers would not change their policies towards Iran even if Tehran made concessions on its nuclear dispute with them.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called the view that Iranian concessions on its nuclear programme would lead world powers to change their policy towards Iran "totally irrational and wrong."

The international community is awaiting Iran's reply to the latest Western-proposed package, under which it is to choose between suspending uranium enrichment and receiving economic incentives in return, or not suspending and facing further financial sanctions.

Tehran/New Delhi, July 30 : Foreign Ministers of Algeria, Belarus and Cyprus have reportedly agreed to support India on the India-specific safeguards related to the US-India civil nuclear cooperation deal.