Iran accused the United States on Sunday of pushing Europe away from a possible compromise on Tehran's disputed nuclear program.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said the U.S. insistence on placing conditions on negotiations over a Western package of incentives has narrowed the scope of possible talks and made it tougher for all parties to reach a solution.
"We feel that the Americans are trying to take Europe to a point that the case could not be easily solvable," Asefi said. "The U.S. said it gave a deadline to Iran to respond to the package, but that is not correct. Again, they mix different issues and that is not appropriate."
Iran denies accusations by the United States and others that it is seeking to develop nuclear weapons, saying its program would only generate electricity.
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