UNITED NATIONS, May 5 (Xinhuanet) -- Iran is ready to continue nuclear talks with the European Union, Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi said Thursday.

    "We will continue with the negotiations with the European side provided it will lead us to somewhere tangible in a matter of time," Kharazi told reporters at UN headquarters in New York after meeting with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

    Kharazi noted that Iran's nuclear program is quite peaceful, adding that it's under the supervision of the International AtomicEnergy Agency (IAEA) as a watchdog.

    "But we are determined to continue with our nuclear activities which are only for producing fuel needed for our power plants," hesaid.

    The United States has suspected that Iran's nuclear program wasaimed at developing weapons, a fear that has been bluntly dismissed by Iran.

    The European Union opened negotiations with Teheran in Decemberon Iran's nuclear program, calling on Iran to abandon all such nuclear fuel activities in order to guarantee it will not make atomic weapons.

    Iran has offered objective guarantees that it will not make atomic bombs. However, a high-level meeting in London last week failed to make progress. Enditem