U.S. President Barack Obama told Reuters on Monday that Iran must commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on sensitive nuclear activity for a landmark atomic deal to be reached between Tehran and six world powers.
CNN's Christiane Amanpour asked Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in an interview if Tehran was prepared to accept decade-long limits on a nuclear program it insists is peaceful.
“It depends on how you define it,” Zarif said. “If we have an agreement, we are prepared to accept certain limitations for a certain period of time but I'm not prepared to negotiate on the air.”
On Tuesday Zarif was quoted by Iranian media as saying that Obama's demand for a 10-year partial freeze was unacceptable.
Zarif and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held talks this week in Montreux, Switzerland with the aim of securing a political framework agreement by the end of March.
“There are a lot of details that need to be discussed. We have made some progress,” Zarif said. “We will have to work very, very hard for the next few weeks.”...........................http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/03/06/Iran-hints-might-be-open-to-10-year-partial-freeze-of-nuclear-work.html
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Nuclear agreement is possible only if the imposed sanctions against the country is lifted all at once, senior Iranian nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi said on Thursday...
ReplyDelete"Our principle position is that all sanctions are lifted at once," Araqchi, also Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, told Press TV following the talks between representatives from Iran and the P5+1 group -- Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States plus Germany -- in the Swiss city of Montreux.
Lifting the sanctions is a "very important feature" of the talks and no sanctions should remain in place if the world powers are serious about a deal with Iran, he said...........http://english.cntv.cn/2015/03/06/ARTI1425599164654661.shtml
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Obama tells Iran of 'historic' opportunity...
ReplyDeleteUS President Barack Obama has told the Iranian people that a deal to transform the relationship between the two countries could be within reach.
"We have the best opportunity in decades to pursue a different future between our countries," he said in a video message for Persian New Year.
Six world powers are negotiating a deal aimed at limiting Iran's nuclear activity, with a March deadline near.
The president conceded there were still "gaps" in negotiations but was hopeful.
"This moment may not come again soon," said Mr Obama in his message celebrating Nowruz.
"I believe that our nations have an historic opportunity to resolve this issue peacefully - an opportunity we should not miss."
If Iran's leaders agreed to a reasonable deal, then the country would be on a path to prosperity, he said.
Isolation awaited if agreement was not reached, he added..........http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31957265
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