During a midnight press conference, Ahmadinejad, who was visiting Senegal, told reporters through a translator that Iran supported dialogue and negotiations and believed the nuclear dispute could be resolved in this way.

"We are ready for new conditions," the president said, without elaborating.

On possible sanctions Washington has been pushing the United Nations to impose on the Islamic republic, the president said there would be no sanctions since there were no reasons for sanctions.

Ahmadinejad would fly to Cuba to attend a Non-Aligned Movement summit in Havana scheduled for Friday and Saturday.

Iran's nuclear issue came to a standoff after Tehran refused to stop uranium enrichment by Aug. 31, a deadline set by the UN Security Council in Resolution 1696.

A scheduled meeting between the European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, slated for Thursday, has also been postponed without giving reasons.

Solana had wanted to hold talks with Larijani to clarity Iran's ambiguity on its response to a package of incentives, offered by Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States and Germany.

Iran has virtually rejected the package, which promised economic and technical incentives if Iran suspended enrichment, but said at the same time it would welcome more talks.

The United States has accused Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons under the cover of a civilian program, a charge repeatedly denied by Tehran.

Iran insists that its nuclear program is aimed at generating electricity to meet its surging domestic demand.