Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Deputy-Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, attended Iran’s state TV Channel Two Special News Talk to speak about the recent negotiations between Iran and Powers on Tehran nuclear program Saturday night. “We knew from the beginning that negotiations would be tough and there were a lot of differences between the two sides’ views which required many round of talks to get closer.”
Araghchi made hints to the recent nuclear talks in Vienna and held that different issues were on the table which should be talked about during the negotiations. “We expressed our different views in the recent three-day talks and had expected to draft the final agreement but starting the talks we knew that it was a bit soon to reach a final draft yet,” said Araghchi.
Aragchi said that the next round of negotiations would be in June but a special session might be held in between.
Asked if the Geneva deal provided a ground for negotiations, then how no agreement had been achieved between Iran and the group P5+1, Araghchi said that “Geneva agreement was an interim deal which provided a framework to final agreement; but to reach the agreement within this framework is not an easy job. Geneva deal agreed to the uranium enrichment in Iran but it limits the enrichment in accordance to the country’s needs. Now time has come to examine the needs and other issues related to centrifuges; enrichment level, Iran’s reserves, research and development (R and D) of the nuclear plants are the topics to discuses.”
“Geneva deal postulates that Iran address concerns over Arak heavy water plant should and we believe that using technology would duly address them. Arak heavy water would remain as a facility and red line for us in the nuclear talks,” added Araghchi.
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