Iran wants its
arch-foe the United States to stay in the talks about its nuclear programme and
considers the US presence as "more effective to reach a settlement,"
ISNA news agency reported Saturday.
"The National Security Council secretary (Saeid Jalili) has
proposed to keep the 6+1 model as this model would be more effective to reach a
settlement for this (nuclear dispute) issue as well as regional matters,"
an unnamed Iranian official told ISNA.
For the first time in almost three decades, Iran and the US held direct
negotiations within the framework of nuclear talks in Geneva between Tehran and
the five United Nations Security Council member states plus Germany.
Iran was represented in Geneva by National Security Council Secretary Jalili,
who is also chief nuclear negotiator, and Washington by Under Secretary of
State William Burns.
Although the Geneva talks led to no breakthrough in the
dilemma over Iran's controversial nuclear work and Tehran once again refrained
to give a clear reply to the world powers' demand that it suspend uranium
enrichment, the two sides have agreed to meet again in two weeks, dpa reported.