Iran says to go on nuclear talks with P5+1 group

A senior Iranian lawmaker said Sunday that the talks between Iran and the P5+1 group, namely the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany should continue, semi-official Fars news agency reported.

Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the head of Iran’s Majlis (parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said that there is no way possible to achieve a favorable result in the talks other than lifting the unfair and illegal sanctions imposed on Iran by the West,according to Xinhua.

Stressing that uranium enrichment will never be ceased in Iran, he said that Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) endorses the right of all members to uranium enrichment.

Iran is the one to decide to what degree it does the enrichment activities, added the Iranian lawmaker.

The two-day nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 group in Almaty of Kazakhstan concluded on Saturday with both sides saying that the gap of views over the key points could not be bridged.

While Iranian officials stressed that any mechanism to settle Iran’s nuclear issue in the talks should take into consideration the recognition of Iran’s right to uranium enrichment activities, the revised proposal by the world powers asked Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment and shut down its underground Fordow enrichment facilities in return for limited sanction relief.

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