国际英语新闻：Iran ready for conditional nuclear talks, plans to expand nuclear program

TEHRAN, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Iran announced on Wednesday its readiness for conditional nuclear talks while saying the country is intending to expand its nuclear activities.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran is in favor of dialogue over its nuclear program but has conditions to be announced soon, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

"We say that Iran is in favor of dialogue (over its nuclear program), but we have conditions to talk with them (Western countries)," Ahmadinejad said, adding "we will announce our conditions soon."

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures while speaking for his supporters during his visit of the city of Shahrekord in Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari province, 521 km (326 miles) south west of Tehran June 16, 2010.

"They need to talk to Iran in a new atmosphere and they have no other way ... If they think (by these sanctions), they can show sticks to the Iranians, the Iranian nation will annihilate all these sticks," the Iranian president was quoted by the semi- official ISNA news agency on Wednesday.

He called UN Security Council's last week sanction resolution as a "political game" and said "you (powers) made a move and now it is Iran's turn (to make a move)," according to Fars.