Special report: Israel-Lebanon conflicts [Gallery] [Videos]

    TEHRAN, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that the ongoing Israeli attack on Lebanon and Palestine had forced Iran to re-examine the international incentive package.

    Ahmadinejad made the remarks in a joint press conference with visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, gestures at a joint press conference with visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, July 30, 2006. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

    "We are studying the package, considering our interests and legitimate rights, but what happened in Lebanon has affected our examination on the proposals, we have to review it carefully, and I have request my colleagues to review it more carefully,"Ahmadinejad told the reporters.

    On Sunday morning, some 60 Lebanese, including 37 children, were killed in an Israeli air raid on the village of Qana in southern Lebanon, the deadliest single Israeli attack since the conflict erupted after the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers and killed eight others in a cross-border attack on July 12.

    Ahmadinejad, meanwhile, suggested that his country would not suspend uranium enrichment activities, saying "nuclear energy is clean and renewable, all countries have the right to use it, the Iranian government has determined to fully exploit the rights of the nation."

    Earlier on Sunday, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid RezaAsefi warned if the United Nations approved a resolution asking for suspension of Iran's sensitive nuclear activities, it would no longer consider the incentive package.

    "The (six-nation) package will no longer on the agenda anymore if they pass a resolution against Iran," Asefi told reporters, adding "they want to menace Iran by putting pressure, but no country could get anything, this will just make the current situation even worse."

    He also warned that Iran would revise its policy, referring to a possible halt of Iran's cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog. On June 6, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana presented Iran with a package on the Iran nuclear issue, which was agreed on by six nations including the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany.

    The proposal includes both incentives aimed at persuading Iran to suspend uranium enrichment and possible sanctions if Iran does not comply.

    On Friday, the Security Council drew up a draft resolution, demanding Iran stop enriching uranium activities before Aug. 31 or face international sanctions. The draft resolution is likely to be voted soon. Enditem