French President Jacques Chirac called Saturday on the Iranian leaders to resume dialogue with European countries on the nuclear issue.
"I regret that no agreement could be reached on the basis of what the Europeans were proposing," Chirac said in an interview with the Saudi newspaper Al Hayat during his official visit to the Saudi Arabia.
"I call on the Iranian leaders to renew the spirit of dialogue and to understand the wishes of the entire international community," he said.
Chirac reaffirmed that "the door remains open for a resumption of discussions, as soon as Iran conforms with the requests of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)".
Talks between the European and Iran on the Iranian nuclear program ended Friday without any agreement to halt Iran's activities on uranium enrichment, a process that can produce material for civilian nuclear reactor or for atomic bomb.
Iran restarted enrichment activities last month, two years after voluntarily freezing the program during talks with the Europeans.
Tehran is insisting however on retaining a small research capacity in its enrichment plant, but many in the West fear that Iran will develop atomic weapons.
Iran insists that it has rights to develope nuclear energy.
 The UN Security Council is waiting until the end of next week's board meeting to decide on further action.