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ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Major powers have offered Iran preliminary talks on its nuclear work, on condition it limits uranium enrichment to current levels for six weeks in exchange for a freeze on moves towards harsher sanctions, diplomats say.
They said European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana conveyed the proposal during talks in Tehran last week in which he presented a revised batch of incentives from six powers for Iran to stop pursuing technology that could yield atomic bombs.
The Islamic Republic has repeatedly rejected the sextet's precondition of a full suspension of enrichment-related activity before negotiations to implement the incentives.
Iran has steadily expanded enrichment capacity to 3,600 centrifuge machines compared with 300 two years ago, and gained leverage from soaring oil prices, increasing the pressure on big powers to be more flexible on terms for talks.
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