Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi urged negotiations over the program.
Asefi's remarks came just as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking in St. Petersburg, told reporters that Iran will respond "soon" to a package of offers aimed at encouraging Tehran to halt sensitive uranium-enrichment work.
(compiled from agency reports)
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