Islamabad: Pakistan has termed as "erroneous" and "baseless", reports that Iran has admitted to receiving assistance from Islamabad in its nuclear programme.

Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan said the reported revelation by Tehran about the nuclear assistance by Islamabad came up for discussion between Iran's Deputy Minister for Law and World Affairs Ghulam Ali Khusro and Pakistan's Acting Foreign Secretary Usman Hyder during a meeting.

While terming the 'Time' magazine report as "erroneous" and "baseless", he said the two officials also denied it during their meeting.

The two officials recalled that the Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and Iran in a joint press conference in Islamabad on August 29 had categorically stated that Islamabad had not assisted Tehran's nuclear programme, according to a Foreign Office statement.

These "unsubstantiated" reports, Hyder said, occurred periodically in some section of the Western media, reflecting what he termed as their "long standing anti-Muslim bias".

During the meeting, Khusro told Hyder about measures taken by Iran to resolve outstanding issues with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Hyder said Pakistan appreciated Iran's constructive efforts and expressed the hope that all such issues would be amicably resolved within the context of the IAEA.

PTI