Balanced News Blog

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran on Saturday rejected Europe’s proposal for ending the standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program, calling the package “unacceptable” and not up to Tehran’s “minimum expectations.”

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said the government would send its official rejection to the Europeans later Saturday or Sunday.

“The European proposals are unacceptable … the package is against the spirit of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and against the provisions of the Paris agreement,” he said on state radio. “The proposals do not meet Iran’s minimum expectations.”

Source: MSNBC.