TEHRAN -- Iran's chief of Supreme National Security Council Hassan Rohani said Tuesday his country's decision to suspend enrichment of uranium is provisional.
The Iranian News Agency, IRNA, quoted Rohani as saying that Tehran's promise to stop uranium enrichment was not compulsory or a duty "but a voluntary gesture to build confidence.
"The suspension of enrichment will last only through the period of negotiations with Europe. ... Iran did not promise to stop enrichment but only to suspend it for a limited period of time," he said.
Rohani said European-Iranian negotiations are aimed at "getting guarantees from European countries that Iran will be able to have nuclear activities for peaceful purposes and that Europe will cooperate with Tehran in that regard."
"The suspension will be only for a while during the negotiations which will last for months and not several years," he added.
