Baku, Azerbaijan, May 24
By Umid Niayesh - Trend:
Recognizing of Iran's uranium enrichment right and lifting of sanctions are among the obligations of the P5+1 towards the Islamic Republic, Kamaladdin Pirmoazen, Iranian MP, quoted the Islamic Republic's top nuclear negotiators as saying.
Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif and Deputy FM Abbas Araqchi made the remarks during a closed-door session of the parliament on May 24, Pirmoazen said.
Accepting of Iran's right for maintaining the Arak heavy water reactor, as well as Fordow nuclear site with 1,444 centrifuges, which has a strategic value are also among the counter side's commitments, the top diplomats said, according to Pirmoazen.
The P5+1 have also accepted the simultaneous removal of all sanctions against Iran, the MP said, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported.
On the other hand, Iran has undertaken not to seek manufacturing a nuclear bomb, Pirmoazen quoted the foreign ministry's senior officials as saying.
The Iranian parliament held a closed-door session May 24 morning to hear Zarif-Araqchi talk about Iran's nuclear negotiations with the P5+1 (the United States, France, Britain, Russia and China plus Germany).
The two foreign ministry officials outlined the latest developments regarding nuclear negotiations in the session.
Iran and the P5+1 group of countries reached a mutual understanding on Tehran's nuclear program in the Swiss city of Lausanne on April 2. The parties have agreed to finalize a comprehensive deal on Tehran's nuclear program by the end of June.
A new round of meetings for drafting a nuclear deal will begin in Vienna on May 26.
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