Iranian state media say Tehran has delivered its response to aninternational incentives proposal aimed at persuading Iran to suspend akey part of its controversial nuclear program.

Javier Solana

There was noindication what the response was, but state television reports Iran'sambassador to Belgium handed the reply to European Union foreign policychief Javier Solana in Brussels Friday.  

Earlier, a spokeswomanfor Solana said the EU diplomat held positive and constructive talkswith Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili by telephone Friday. Thespokeswoman did not confirm the receipt of a formal response fromTehran, but she said Jalili and Solana agreed to remain in contact.

Solanatraveled to Tehran last month on behalf of six world powers (Russia,China, France, Germany, Britain and the United States) to offereconomic and trade incentives in return for the suspension of uraniumenrichment. The enrichment process can be used to produce nuclearweapons.  

Iranian officials have said they are willing tonegotiate details of the incentives package, but refuse to stopenriching uranium.

The United States and its allies accuse Iranof working to develop a nuclear weapon. Iran says its atomic programis for peaceful purposes.

Iran recently offered the world powers its own plan to resolve the nuclear dispute.

Inanother development, Iran's official news agency says the head of thecountry's elite Revolutionary Guards has warned that Iran will considerany military action against its nuclear facilities the start of a war.

General Mohammad Ali Jafari is quoted by IRNA as saying any country that attacks Iran will regret doing so.

The New York Times newspaper reported last month that Israel conducted a simulated attack on Iran's atomic facilities. 

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, and Reuters.