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Iranian Leader: Talks With U.S. Not Needed

TEHRAN, Iran -- Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran does "not need" talks with the United States over its nuclear program because nothing would be gained, state television reported Tuesday.

The United States has said that if Iran accepts a package of incentives meant to get Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment, it would join its European partners in negotiations with the Islamic republic over a framework for its nuclear program. That package was offered earlier this month.

"Negotiations with the United States would have no benefit for us, and we do not need them," state television quoted Khamenei as telling Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade.

Washington's offer to join talks was seen as a major concession since the United States lists Iran as a sponsor of international terrorism and there have been no diplomatic relations between the two countries since 1979, when militants stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took Americans hostage for 444 days.

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