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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080731/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics_080731193339;_ylt=Ai26upRtVhSHs6c3OlzbVAiaOrgF

Iran Again Rejects Nuclear Deadline

[ AFP] Farhad Pouladi - Iran on Thursday rejected any deadline to give its final response to a package drawn up by world powers seeking to end the nuclear crisis. Meanwhile the U.S. held back on Thursday from insisting on a strict deadline for Iran to give a final answer to the incentives package. "I didn't count the days. It's coming up soon," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack when asked if Saturday was the deadline for Iran to accept or reject the offer. Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili held talks with EU foreign policy envoy Javier Solana on July 19, at a meeting that was also attended by a top U.S. diplomat in a major policy shift by Washington. Solana said then that he expected an answer in a fortnight.

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