双语新闻：伊朗将核谈判推迟至8月

Iran to Delay Nuclear Talks Until August

伊朗将核谈判推迟至8月

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran will not hold talks on its nuclear program until August because of new economic sanctions imposed by the United Nations, European Union, and United States.

伊朗总统艾哈迈迪内贾德说，伊朗不会在8月前就它有争议的核项目展开谈判，原因是联合国、欧盟和美国对伊朗实施了新的经济制裁。

Mr. Ahmadinejad told reporters Monday that the delay is meant as a "punishment," to teach Western powers a lesson about how to hold a dialogue with Iran.

内贾德星期一对记者说，推迟谈判旨在“惩罚”西方国家，使他们得到如何与伊朗进行对话的教训。

Earlier, Iran's foreign ministry said remarks about Iran's nuclear program by the director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency amount to what it called "psychological warfare."

早些时候，美国中央情报局局长就伊朗的核项目发表了言论。伊朗外交部长称这一言论相当于它所说的“心理战”。

A spokesman made the statement in Tehran Monday -- a day after CIA Director Leon Panetta's assertion that Iran has enough fissile material to build two nuclear weapons within two years.

星期一，一名伊朗外交部发言人在德黑兰发表这一声明。一天前，美国中央情报局局长帕内塔断言，伊朗拥有足够的核燃料，可以在两年内制造两枚核武器。

The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said Panetta's remarks were meant to create negative perceptions about Iran's nuclear program, which Tehran says is for peaceful purposes only.

伊朗外交部发言人说，帕内塔的评论企图制造对伊朗核计划的负面看法。伊朗政府称，其核计划只是用于和平目的。