Iran hands Solana response to incentives package

Tehran: Iran on Friday responded to an incentives package offered by six world powers aimed at resolving a standoff over Tehran's disputed nuclear ambitions, the official Irna news agency said.

The agency quoted a senior source at Iran's Supreme National Security Council as saying the response was handed to European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, but did not give any details about its content.

The offer of economic and other incentives proposed by the six - the United States, China, Russia, Germany, Britain and France - was presented to Iran by Solana last month to try to persuade Iran to halt work they fear is aimed at making bombs.

The Islamic Republic has said it is willing to enter talks about the offer but has repeatedly rejected demands to halt uranium enrichment.

Meanwhile, the head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards has warned that any Israeli or US attack on its nuclear sites would mean the outbreak of war, the official Irna news agency reported.

"Any action against Iran will be interpreted as the start of a war," General Mohammad Ali Jafari was quoted as saying on Thursday night. "Iran's response to any military action will make the aggressors regret their decision."