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| Iran set to unveil nuclear latest | Iran set to unveil nuclear latest |
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| Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to announce advances in his country's nuclear programme in a speech to mark national nuclear day. | Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to announce advances in his country's nuclear programme in a speech to mark national nuclear day. |
| His address in the city of Isfahan, home to a uranium conversion facility, comes a day after Tehran was invited by six world powers for fresh talks. | His address in the city of Isfahan, home to a uranium conversion facility, comes a day after Tehran was invited by six world powers for fresh talks. |
| A top adviser to President Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that the Iranian government was considering the offer. | A top adviser to President Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that the Iranian government was considering the offer. |
| Tehran denies Western claims that it is seeking to build a nuclear bomb. | Tehran denies Western claims that it is seeking to build a nuclear bomb. |
| It insists its nuclear programme is for civilian purposes and is purely peaceful. | It insists its nuclear programme is for civilian purposes and is purely peaceful. |
| Policy shift | Policy shift |
| President Ahmadinejad is expected to give details of the latest developments in Iran's atomic programme in his speech in Isfahan. | President Ahmadinejad is expected to give details of the latest developments in Iran's atomic programme in his speech in Isfahan. |
| He is also due to inaugurate a nuclear fuel production plant in the city. | |
| "This is the first nuclear fuel complex ... 100% Iranian and the president will inaugurate this," the manager of the complex, Vajihollah Asadi, told Reuters news agency. | |
| Meanwhile, Russia and China - trading allies of Iran - have urged Tehran to accept an invitation to join international talks on its nuclear ambitions. | |
| Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Iran needed to "convince us all of the exclusively peaceful character of its nuclear programme". | |
| Senior Iranian presidential adviser Ali Akbar Javanfekr described the offer as a "constructive proposal" which Tehran would consider. | |
| "We hope that this proposal means a change of approach to a more realistic attitude. The Islamic Republic of Iran will examine (it) and give its response," he was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying. | |
| On Wednesday, the US, Russia, China, France, Germany and Britain announced they would ask EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana to approach Iran with the offer of new talks. | On Wednesday, the US, Russia, China, France, Germany and Britain announced they would ask EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana to approach Iran with the offer of new talks. |
| In a statement, they said they "strongly urge Iran to take advantage of this opportunity to engage seriously with all of us in a spirit of mutual respect". | In a statement, they said they "strongly urge Iran to take advantage of this opportunity to engage seriously with all of us in a spirit of mutual respect". |
| Signalling a policy shift, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the US would be a "full participant" in talks. | Signalling a policy shift, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the US would be a "full participant" in talks. |
| "Obviously we believe that pursuing very careful engagement on a range of issues that affect our interests and the interests of the world with Iran makes senses," she said. | "Obviously we believe that pursuing very careful engagement on a range of issues that affect our interests and the interests of the world with Iran makes senses," she said. |
| "There is nothing more important than trying to convince Iran to cease its efforts to obtain a nuclear weapon." | "There is nothing more important than trying to convince Iran to cease its efforts to obtain a nuclear weapon." |
| China's foreign ministry spokeswoman, Jiang Yu, said on Thursday that Beijing is "glad to see an improvement in relations between the United States and Iran". | |