BEIJING, Oct. 17 -- Iran has signaled that it is prepared to return to nuclear negotiations with Britain, France and Germany.

    Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi says that if the Europeans are serious in continuing negotiations, the talks will be resumed.

    "Confidence building is a two-way road. Europe is waiting for good news of restarting talks with Iran. If the Europeans are serious in continuing negotiations we would have no problem resuming the talks."

    But he denounced the the US and EU threat to refer its nuclear issue to the United Nations Security Council, saying the threat should not be used as a means of pressure against Iran.

    Earlier, the US has just failed to persude Russia to agree on referring the Iranian nuclear issue to the security.

    The International Atomic Energy Agency has called on Iran to halt uranium conversion work, and the EU has set this as a condition for resuming negotiations.

(Source: CRIENGLISH.com)