Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says negotiation over the Islamic republic's nuclear issue has lost its ""subjectivity"" and the country is ""only"" ready to talk over fuel supply for Tehran reactor.

In a live interview with Al-Alam Sunday night, Mehmanparast said talks with the West, if any, will be limited to fuel supply for Tehran's research reactor and exclude the Islamic republic's nuclear issue.
""We are always ready for talks on fuel supply or uranium swap, and if they (the West) meet our conditions, we would swap (low enriched uranium) right away. But… we are not ready to negotiate over the Islamic republic's nuclear activities,"" Mehmanparast said.
However, he rejected any uranium swap through a third party and stressed that the swap, if any, ""will be done only on Iranian soil.""
The official reiterated that Iran's nuclear program is under the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) supervision and ""negotiations on this regard has basically lost its subjectivity.""
Mehmanparast further criticized the U.S. and its Western allies for attempting to restrict Iran's technological advancement by bringing various pretexts.
""The U.S. and the West use Iran's peaceful nuclear program as a pretext to press the country and their real aim is to confine Iran's progress through nuclear pretexts,"" the Iranian official said.
Mehmanparast further denounced the West's sanction approach towards Iran and said ""if they (U.S. and the West) want to resort to threatening sanctions, issuing resolution and depriving Iranian nation from its right, certainly the approach would be doomed to failure….""
He also urged Iran's right to nuclear technology and pointed out that the Islamic republic was among the first countries to have signed the International Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
The Iranian official also complained over the West's ""dishonesty"" in the case of uranium swap deal and noted that the Western countries wanted to delay the Islamic republic's nuclear program.
Mehmanparast also expressed hope that China, a veto-wielding member of UN Security Council, will not agree with U.S.-pushed new sanctions on the Islamic republic.
However, he admitted that there was too much pressure on China from the West to support new sanctions on Iran.
While U.S. and its Western allies are insisting new sanctions on the Islamic republic, veto-wielding permanent members Russia and China along with several of the rotating members who do not have veto powers express reservations toward a tougher set of sanctions.
They say the issue should be resolved through diplomacy rather than harsh approaches usually adopted by the U.S. in dealing with international issues.
The West accuses Tehran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons, while Iran strongly denies the accusation, saying its nuclear activities are for peaceful purposes.
Tehran says its nuclear program is aimed at making nuclear fuel for civilian purposes, particularly generating electricity for its growing population.
The Islamic republic already suffers from lack of electricity.
Iran further seeks to enrich uranium for a nuclear research reactor in Tehran.