Iran Proposal May Resolve Nuclear Conflict

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has prepared new proposals to resolve the international conflict over its nuclear program as part of an initiative that the government says is aimed at increasing international security.

The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, said Iran is prepared to use the proposals as a basis for talks with "influential nations," the state-run Iranian Students News Agency reported. Mr. Jalili discussed the proposals in Tehran today with the acting secretary of Russia's Security Council, Valentin Sobolev.

Mr. Jalili said Iran has "serious suggestions for discussing the nuclear issue and diminishing its threat around the world to a minimum," ISNA reported. He didn't elaborate on their contents, saying only that the government will present them to potential negotiating partners "soon."

Iran is under three sets of U.N. sanctions for refusing to halt its nuclear-energy program, which America and its allies say is a cover for work on weapons production. A signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran rejects the claim and says it needs the program to generate energy for a growing nation.