Iran Will Continue With Peaceful Nuclear Program , Says Zarif

 

Tehran – Foreign Minister Mohammad JavadZarif said on Monday that Iran will continue with the peaceful nuclear program.

Zarif, also the chief Iranian nuclear negotiator, made the remarks while he and other members of Iranian negotiating team were visiting Natanz and Fordo nuclear facilities in central Iran.

 During the visit, the foreign minister got familiar with the latest achievements in the area of nuclear technology.

Now it is more than a year that Zarif is leading the Iranian negotiating team at the talks with the six world nations, known as the P5+1, to find an end to the decade-long dispute over the Iranian nuclear program.

After the two sides failed to reach a comprehensive agreement by the July 20 deadline set under the terms of Geneva Accord struck on November 24, 2013, they extended the deadline for another four months.

Now, Iran and the P5+1 have to agree on the final deal in less than a month, by November 24.

Iran says will not extend the deadline and president Hassan Rouhani told the European diplomats in Tehran on Monday that it is likely to strike a comprehensive deal before the deadline if the western governments show determination to do so.

 Iran not seeking extension in nuclear talks – Ravanchi

Meanwhile, Foreign Ministry Deputy for Europe and Americas MajidTakht-Ravanchi said Iran is not intending to extend the duration of nuclear negotiations.

Iran is trying to get to a favourable result in due period of time, he added.

West should not create excuses, the senior negotiator said, and has to come in terms with the reality of today Iran if it is truly seeking to settle the nuclear issue.

As for Iranian nuclear program, Tehran is determined to get to the objectives set for its enrichment activities, he said.

Takht-Ravanchi went on to stress that Iran is never to concede to enrichment as a fantasy.

Stressing that Iran is currently carrying out advanced levels of enrichment activities, the deputy foreign minister said such a nuclear program could not be stopped at this stage of progress.

Also saying that Iran is negotiating the number of centrifuges, he said Tehran aims at making use of the new generation of centrifuges.

Ravanchi went on to note that final settlement of talks by November 24 is nothing far from reach.

IRNA

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