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Iranian atomic energy chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, said Wednesday that the assassination of a top nuclear scientist was a warning from the West ahead of new talks on Tehran's program. "These wicked people wanted to show the hideous side that demonstrates their carrot-and-stick policy in the run-up to the new nuclear talks," the state television's website quoted Salehi as saying. He was speaking at the funeral of Majid Shahriari, the scientist who was killed by unidentified bombers in Tehran on Monday. Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, who is to head his country's delegation to the talks with the major powers in Geneva next week, hit out at Western governments as he joined the mourners. "Today they have resorted to assassination, which shows their desperation and the dead end they have reached," he said. Separately, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that Washington is encouraged that Iran has agreed to resume talks with Western powers over its nuclear program. Also Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi called on the parties concerned to "in-crease diplomatic efforts and remain patient" on the Iranian nuclear issue. AFP |
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