Iran"s nuclear issue should be solved through...

"We hope the relevant parties take more flexible and pragmatic measures and step up diplomatic efforts in a bid to resume talks as soon as possible," said Jiang Yu, according to Xinhua.

Washington has dismissed Iran"s nuclear ultimatum and said that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) proposal already offered to Tehran was sufficient.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Saturday urged the West to accept a uranium swap deal within a month, or else it would produce its own nuclear fuel.

The U.S. has threatened another round of UN sanctions against Iran if it does not abide by the year-end deadline.

Under the plan, Iran was to ship its low-enriched uranium to Russia and France for further enrichment and processing into fuel for power plants. Iran would not thereby be able to enrich uranium to make weapons.

The United States and other Western powers have demanded that Iran halt uranium enrichment, fearing it seeks to build nuclear

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