Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi said here Wednesday that Iran was still waiting for Europe's new proposal on how to resolve the current nuclear standoff.

Asefi made the remarks to reporters on the sidelines of a Majlis open session.

"Iran has received no official offer yet. The proposal is just being talked about in the press.

"Until we have received the proposal, we cannot express our opinion about it in great detail," he said.

"We will not exchange our rights with incentives that the Europeans may offer. They should first recognize our rights" and we will consider their offer, he added.

"We are ready to offer our market to Europe" as an incentive for recognizing Iran's peaceful nuclear energy," he said.

"Iran's 70-million population will provide a big market for Europe," he added.

Referring to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter to various heads of foreign government, the spokesman informed that "more letters will be sent soon." " Certain countries have been chosen to receive these letters but since they have not been finalized yet, it would be better not to mention this subject." President Ahmadinejad wrote a letter to US President George W Bush on May 8 suggesting new ways to resolve the two countries' differences and also spoke of current global tensions as well as the need to find solutions to the many problems of the world.

Asefi said the letter written to Bush outlined Iran's views and stances on global issues as well as world public opinion on US policies.

"If other countries look at the letter objectively and with a view to solving problems, they will indeed find ways to solve problems," he said.

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