Special report: Iran Nuclear Crisis

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The United States has been trying to provocate Iran for a possible war with the Islamic country, the Newsweek said in a report on Sunday, citing a former White House official.

    "They intend to be as provocative as possible and make the Iranians do something (America) would be forced to retaliate for," Hillary Mann, the Bush administration's former National Security Council director for Iran and Persian Gulf Affairs, was quoted by the magazine as saying.

    The United States has dispatched two aircraft carriers to the Gulf region and this has fueled speculation that the United States will launch a war with Iran, although the White House has repeatedly claimed it has no plan to go to war with Iran.

    The United States has also accused Iran of secretly developing nuclear weapons and has been meddling in the internal affairs of Iraq. Iran has denied the charges.

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Iranian president says not to suspend nuclear activity

    TEHRAN, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed on Sunday that his country will not suspend its nuclear activity.

Iran's top nuclear negotiator warns against isolation by West

    MUNICH, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said Sunday that the Western policy of denial and isolation of Iran could lead to serious consequences.

    "Policy of denial and isolation could only serve to (create) instability," said Larijani at a high-profile security conference here.

Iran says talks with western leaders "constructive"

    MUNICH, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said Sunday that talks with the western leaders on the sidelines of a high-profile security meeting in Munich was "constructive."

    The talks "are constructive at this level" and further negotiations are needed to find a solution that could address concerns of both sides, Larijani told a press conference after the close of the three-day security meeting.