Iran said Tuesday that it would not have dialogue with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the upcoming Iraq conference which to be held in Egypt, slated for May 3-4 in Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.

"Considering the current moment, there's no condition to hold such a dialogue," Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Mostafavi was quoted as saying.

"The United States can not say they favor negotiations but at the same time continue their hostile attitude," he added.

"They need to show they want logical and just relations, our objective is not to just have a dialogue, but to have healthy relations between the two countries and for that the conditions need to be created," said Mostafavi.

Moreover, Government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham also said " the question of talks with America is not serious."

"The current problem will not be resolved if the United States does not give up its attitude and oppressive and satanic vision," the spokesman was quoted by Iran's local Mehr news agency as saying.

Iran has announced that its Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki would head a large delegation to attend the neighboring states' meeting on Iraq this week.

Last week, the U.S. State Department also confirmed that Rice would attend the international conference due to be held in Egypt. In the meantime, U.S. President George W. Bush said Rice would be "polite but firm." if she encounters Mottaki.

In addition to six neighboring states, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry has also invited UN Security Council's five permanent members of Russia, China, France, Britain and the United States, and representatives of G8 industrialized nations, the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the Arab League plus Egypt and Bahrain to attend the Sharm el-Sheikh gathering.

It was reported that Iran had initially been irresolute to join the meeting, because Tehran had been quite angry on the detention by U.S. forces of five Iranians seized in a raid in northern Iraq in January.

Source: Xinhua