"Iran views future of negotiations with the EU with hope if the atmosphere of the talks is dominated by logic," Asefi was quoted by Iran's Fars news agency as saying when asked by reporters about how much hope Iran had in exchanging opinions with the EU.

"So we should wait and see when interactions turn logical," Asefi added.

Referring to the comments by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei in a recent meeting of the agency's board of governors, Asefi said that ElBaradei's report to the board of governors over Iran's nuclear issue had again stressed Iran's cooperation with the IAEA and clearly indicated that all the nuclear activities in Iran's central cities of Isfahan and Natanz were under the agency's supervision.

"Moreover, the report has also mentioned that no deviation has been observed in Iran's nuclear program," said the spokesman.

When asked to comment on the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)'s statement that lent support to Iran's enrichment activities at the organization's recent board of governors meeting, Asefi said, "Nowa major part of the world community supports Iran's nuclear activities and sides with Iran."

Asefi also told reporters that there was no time restriction on Iran's study of a package agreed by six world powers in a bid to solve the standoff over Iran's nuclear issue.

But he did not disclose the content of the proposal.

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana on June 6 presented to Iran the new package, agreed by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany in a meeting in Vienna.

The proposal includes both incentives aimed at persuading Iran to suspend uranium enrichment and possible sanctions if Iran chooses not to comply.

Iran's top officials have expressed cautious optimism over the package, saying there were "positive steps but also ambiguities" in it.

They also said that Iran could only accept parts of the proposal and may bring forward its own response, which might be a counter-proposal.

Iran has promised to give a formal response after "a carefully study" of the proposal.

However, Iran's senior cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, who is also head of the powerful Guardian Council, expressed his flinty attitude toward the six-nation proposal, vowing that the Islamic Republic would not compromise on its nuclear right.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also said that Iran could discuss "mutual concerns" to end "misunderstandings" over the nuclear issue with the world, but warned "negotiations must take place in fair atmosphere and the Iranian nation will never allow the international community to use sticks to threat and negotiate at the same time."

The United States has accused Iran of secretly developing nuclear weapons under a civilian front, a charge categorically denied by Tehran.