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Iran shows interest in nuclear compromise By Najmeh Bozorgmehr in
Tehran, James Blitz in London and Daniel Dombey in Washington

Published: June 15 2008 18:53 | Last updated: June 15 2008 18:53

Senior diplomats from the worldbs big powers said they had received
an unexpectedly positive response from Iran at the weekend when the
international community presented Tehran with a fresh package of
proposals aimed at settling the dispute over its nuclear ambitions.

After a visit to Tehran to meet senior Iranian officials, diplomats
accompanying Javier Solana, the European Unionbs foreign policy
chief, said Iran showed no sign yet of suspending its uranium
enrichment programme as the international community has demanded.

However, officials working for Mr Solana, and diplomats from the
UK, France, Germany, Russia and China, who accompanied him, said
Iran had made clear that it would carefully study the fresh offer
and had given the international delegation a warmer welcome than
it had been accorded in the past.