Iran's Foreign Ministry announced that Tehran is "studying" a letter submitted to Iran by European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, Iran's Mehr news agency reported on Tuesday.

Along with the announcement, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi said at his weekly press conference on Monday that Iran had already announced that negotiating with Solana was a proper solution.

According to Mehr, Solana sent a letter to Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, calling for the resumption of nuclear talks to clear up the remaining questions about Iran's nuclear activities.

Reportedly, Solana insisted in the letter that the 5+1 group, which consists of France, Britain, Russia, China, the United States and Germany, was committed to finding a "diplomatic solution" to the nuclear row between Tehran and the West.

Solana's letter was delivered to Iran's embassy in Brussels on Thursday in response to the letter addressed to him by Jalili recently.

Earlier in October, Jalili wrote a two-page letter to Solana disclosing Iran's stance and criticizing the West's behavior towards Iran's nuclear activities.

"The lack of civilization of dialogue has led some powers to adopt pressure means instead of logic," Jalili's letter said, adding that "Iran's proposal of disarmament and non-proliferation is not pleasing for the powers who have been generating such arms for years."

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1835 in September reaffirming its previous resolutions on Iran and demand full compliance from the Islamic Republic.

It called on Iran "to comply fully and without delay with its obligations" under the resolutions, and to meet the requirements of the International Atomic Energy Agency, but without new sanctions.

Iran till now has been under three UN sanctions over its disputed nuclear program.

On June 14, Solana handed the offer of incentives to the Iranian authorities on behalf of 5+1 group during his visit to Tehran in a bid to persuade Iran to halt uranium enrichment.

Iran has also presented its own package of proposals, which it said was aimed to help resolve regional and international problems, including Iran's nuclear issue.

(Xinhua News Agency November 12, 2008)