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Mon, 11/01/2010 - 13:17
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Right to uranium enrichment remains Iran’s red line: MP
TEHRAN, Nov.1 (MNA) -- Just days ahead of Iran’s nuclear talks with the 5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany), MP Mohammad Karami-Rad said right to uranium enrichment remains Iran’s “red line”.
The main bone of contention between Tehran and the West is Iran’s uranium enrichment program.
Iran says all its nuclear activities are totally peaceful, and as an International Atomic Energy Agency member and an NPT signatory, it has the legal right to produce nuclear fuel for its research reactors and nuclear power plants.
In a letter to European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on October 29, Supreme National Security Council Secretary Saeed Jalili announced Iran’s readiness to resume talks with the G5+1 from the 10th of November 2010 on, in a place and on a date convenient to both sides.
Talking to reporters on Sunday, Karami-Rad said this is the last chance for the 5+1 group.
Dialogue between Iran and the 5+1 group has been stalled since October 2009.
This time, Iranian officials must come up with a final solution and do not let the 5+1 countries raise “new divisive” issues, said Karami-Rad, a member of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee.
He also said a participation of other states in nuclear talks between Iran and the West would prevent a “vicious circle”.
Iran not to raise nuclear issue with 5+1 group
A senior presidential adviser, Ali Akbar Javanfekr, said Iran will not talk about its nuclear issue in upcoming meeting with the 5+1 group.
“We will not discuss the nuclear energy in our negotiations with the West since we are critical of these countries in all fields,” Javanfekr told on Sunday.
Iran is ready for nuclear talks with the group only if the conditions proposed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are met, Javanfekr added.
Before, President Ahmadinejad had announced that nuclear talks with the 5+1 group cannot begin until the major powers revise their stance toward Israel’s stockpile of nuclear weapons, agree to include other countries in the nuclear talks, and agree to changes to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Jalili had also announced that Iran is ready for talks if the conditions are met, the senior advisor stated.
The main bone of contention between Tehran and the West is Iran’s uranium enrichment program.
Iran says all its nuclear activities are totally peaceful, and as an International Atomic Energy Agency member and an NPT signatory, it has the legal right to produce nuclear fuel for its research reactors and nuclear power plants.
In a letter to European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on October 29, Supreme National Security Council Secretary Saeed Jalili announced Iran’s readiness to resume talks with the G5+1 from the 10th of November 2010 on, in a place and on a date convenient to both sides.
Talking to reporters on Sunday, Karami-Rad said this is the last chance for the 5+1 group.
Dialogue between Iran and the 5+1 group has been stalled since October 2009.
This time, Iranian officials must come up with a final solution and do not let the 5+1 countries raise “new divisive” issues, said Karami-Rad, a member of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee.
He also said a participation of other states in nuclear talks between Iran and the West would prevent a “vicious circle”.
Iran not to raise nuclear issue with 5+1 group
A senior presidential adviser, Ali Akbar Javanfekr, said Iran will not talk about its nuclear issue in upcoming meeting with the 5+1 group.
“We will not discuss the nuclear energy in our negotiations with the West since we are critical of these countries in all fields,” Javanfekr told on Sunday.
Iran is ready for nuclear talks with the group only if the conditions proposed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are met, Javanfekr added.
Before, President Ahmadinejad had announced that nuclear talks with the 5+1 group cannot begin until the major powers revise their stance toward Israel’s stockpile of nuclear weapons, agree to include other countries in the nuclear talks, and agree to changes to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Jalili had also announced that Iran is ready for talks if the conditions are met, the senior advisor stated.
