Iran rejection of nuclear offer premature: France

PARIS (Reuters) - An incentive package drawn up by major powers to convince Iran to halt sensitive nuclear work is very generous and should not be rejected out of hand, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Monday.

Iran said earlier on Monday that it would not consider any incentives that violated its right to nuclear technology and ruled out a precondition that it suspend uranium enrichment.

"They are refusing a text which is extremely generous in my opinion, so I find it a bit premature that they are refusing it without having seen it," Kouchner told reporters.

Asked if the text had been presented to the Iranians, he said: "Not yet, that's why I can't give you the details."

He added that world power representatives would travel to Tehran "in the coming days" to submit the offer.

Senior officials from the United States, Russia, China, Britain, Germany and France agreed at a meeting on Friday to offer the new package to coax Iran to suspend uranium enrichment, a process which the West believes Tehran wants to master so it can build nuclear weapons.

Previous incentives have all been rejected by Iran.

(Reporting by Brian Rohan, writing by Crispian Balmer)