Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected on Thursday negotiations over its controversial nuclear facilities, saying the country would not talk with countries demanding dismantlement.

"We do not reject negotiations, but we will never accept any negotiation which aims at depriving Iranian nation of its rights enshrined by NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty)," Ahmadinejad told the state television in an interview.

Referring to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board of governors' resolution on Iran last month, Ahmadinejad regretted that some IAEA members were doing under influence of the big powers.

"They gave up to big powers' pressures but we expect the IAEA to act upon the law," he said.

"There are other countries besides the three European states ( Britain, Germany and France) offered to enter into talks with Tehran, and Tehran is reviewing the offer," Ahmadinejad said, refusing to name any specific country.

Echoing the president, Iran's top national security official and chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani also said on Thursday that "if the objective is to conduct negotiations aimed at making us forget our right to the nuclear fuel cycle, the Iranian people will not accept such a thing."

Iran has been engaged in talks for the past two years with Britain, France and Germany. The EU trio want Iran to give up nuclear fuel cycle, which can be diverted to military purposes.

Iran has refused the demand, insisting that its nuclear fuel cycle is for peaceful purposes.

Source: Xinhua