Iran Says Its ‘Realistic Plan’ Can Break Nuclear Deadlock

Iran

By Iran Review


The Iranian deputy foreign minister says the “realistic and balanced” proposal Iran will offer in the upcoming nuclear talks leaves no excuses for the six major world powers to refuse the plan.

Abbas Araqchi, who is a member of the Iranian negotiating team, said that Iran’s proposed package is based on “the same step-by-step approach which was brought up and in general agreed upon” in meetings with the six major world powers — Russia, China, France, Britain, and the US plus Germany.

Araqchi added that Iran’s “logical, balanced and realistic” plan makes it possible for both sides to take the first step toward breaking the deadlock over Tehran’s civilian nuclear program.

 
The Iranian deputy foreign minister said the final step of the plan is to remove Iran’s case from the UN Security Council and refer it to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Tehran has envisioned two phases for resolving the impasse, Araqchi said, namely one for negotiations and the other for implementing the plan.

The Iranian official added that if the six world powers show goodwill and express determination to enter constructive talks, the negotiations phase would be concluded in six to 12 month.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs also said Tehran will not withdraw “one iota” from its right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes.

Abbas Araqchi said that uranium enrichment and protection of the Iranian nation’s rights are the country’s red lines in the forthcoming talks with the six world powers in Geneva, Switzerland.
“We will not back down one iota from whatever [right that] the Iranian people have according to international treaties,” the Iranian official stated.

He reaffirmed the Islamic Republic’s right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes on its soil, stating that shipping nuclear material abroad is Iran’s red line and it will not allow the shipment of even one gram of uranium out of the country.

“We will negotiate about the form, quantity and different levels of enrichment, but shipping out the nuclear material is our red line,” Araqchi added.

Iranian deputy foreign minister added that the Islamic Republic will “dispel all the logical concerns” of the other negotiating parties.

“These negotiations will focus on nuclear issue, but we would be also ready to negotiate about regional issues and other international challenges, if they were willing,” Araqchi added.
He noted that Iran seeks “purposeful and real” negotiations in Geneva and explained that Tehran would enter talks with “seriousness and determination” in order to achieve a “specific goal” which would be acceptable to both sides.

“The opposite party has always claimed that it has no opposition to use of peaceful nuclear energy in Iran, but is opposes nuclear weapons, and when we give them assurances in these negotiations that Iran has no [nuclear] military program on its agenda, they will achieve their win,” the Iranian deputy foreign minister pointed out. 

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